diff --git a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
index d47cd194..b452ef53 100644
--- a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.12</version>
+            <version>1.5.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>