diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/deploy-loose-config-exploded-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/deploy-loose-config-exploded-it/pom.xml
index 58505db3f..e94575b11 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/deploy-loose-config-exploded-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/deploy-loose-config-exploded-it/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.3</version>
+			<version>1.3.12</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>