diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 1ec3d561121..018a393f2a7 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dep.slf4j.version>1.7.6</dep.slf4j.version>
     <dep.guava.version>18.0</dep.guava.version>
     <forkCount>2</forkCount>
-    <jackson.version>2.7.1</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.8.9</jackson.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.7.1</hadoop.version>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.13</version>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index 53331f2f245..87ca35be030 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
           <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.13</version>
+          <version>1.2.3</version>
           <scope>run</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>