diff --git a/mlp/pom.xml b/mlp/pom.xml
index 5de6c2d0..7b167507 100644
--- a/mlp/pom.xml
+++ b/mlp/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
         <flink.version>0.8.1</flink.version>
     </properties>