diff --git a/ycsb/arangodb/pom.xml b/ycsb/arangodb/pom.xml
index 717224d693..da7b7532dd 100644
--- a/ycsb/arangodb/pom.xml
+++ b/ycsb/arangodb/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ LICENSE file.
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
 		<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.3</version>
+		<version>1.2.0</version>
 		<type>jar</type>
 		<scope>provided</scope>
 	</dependency>