diff --git a/honeybadger-logback-appender/pom.xml b/honeybadger-logback-appender/pom.xml
index 9b7849d..3aaf6f8 100644
--- a/honeybadger-logback-appender/pom.xml
+++ b/honeybadger-logback-appender/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <properties>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>