diff --git a/cdap-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/cdap-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 8d14ea0dd779..c0cb5af732d9 100644
--- a/cdap-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
           <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.8</version>
+          <version>1.3.16</version>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/cdap-kubernetes/pom.xml b/cdap-kubernetes/pom.xml
index 8653fef16d88..914fad660239 100644
--- a/cdap-kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
           <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.8</version>
+          <version>1.3.16</version>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01e064b96e36..42d5cc84d3ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     <pragmatists.version>1.0.5</pragmatists.version>
     <kafka.version>0.10.2.2</kafka.version>
     <leveldb.version>0.12</leveldb.version>
-    <logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.3.16</logback.version>
     <mockftp.version>2.6</mockftp.version>
     <mockito.version>3.9.0</mockito.version>
     <mysql.version>5.1.21</mysql.version>