diff --git a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
index 76187c2c7c7f..d8718750e57c 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 
 		<!-- logging -->
 		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
+		<logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>