diff --git a/oak-parent/pom.xml b/oak-parent/pom.xml
index 5186f82411b..6fddd9d0f9a 100644
--- a/oak-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-parent/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <mongo.driver.version>5.2.1</mongo.driver.version>
     <slf4j.api.version>1.7.36</slf4j.api.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version> <!-- sync with logback version -->
-    <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.3.16</logback.version>
     <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
     <tika.version>1.28.5</tika.version>
     <derby.version>10.15.2.0</derby.version>