diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 1bc7193ee4..56dce7071b 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.7</version> <!-- do not upgrade to 1.4 -->
+            <version>1.3.12</version> <!-- do not upgrade to 1.4 -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>