diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbd95fbce..8f8df5724 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@
 			 <!-- use logback for logging -->
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.15</version>
+			<version>1.3.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<!-- https://github.com/jfree/jfreechart/releases -->