diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index f53e1b2a2d6c..ffad557f20f0 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
 		<!-- 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>