diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86c2b3c76099c1ffc21398b882631acc97ed412c..0df66ddacd7882ba95befbb39dd58182cb96ef7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.15</version>
+            <version>1.5.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jaxen/jaxen -->