diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 911c693d0f..201cbf5f0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.7</version>
+                <version>1.4.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <!-- align with org.apache.hbase:hbase -->