diff --git a/integration-test/kubernetes-api-java/pom.xml b/integration-test/kubernetes-api-java/pom.xml
index ef9bcd57..e22678df 100644
--- a/integration-test/kubernetes-api-java/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-test/kubernetes-api-java/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.13</version>
+      <version>1.5.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.lightbend.akka.management</groupId>
diff --git a/native-image-tests/build.sbt b/native-image-tests/build.sbt
index 74d8a5ae..9d2df8a1 100644
--- a/native-image-tests/build.sbt
+++ b/native-image-tests/build.sbt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.lightbend.akka.discovery" %% "akka-discovery-kubernetes-api" % akkaManagementVersion,
   "com.lightbend.akka.management" %% "akka-lease-kubernetes" % akkaManagementVersion,
   "com.lightbend.akka.management" %% "akka-rolling-update-kubernetes" % akkaManagementVersion,
-  "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.13"
+  "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.5.3"
 )
 
 // useful for investigations: sbt nativeImageRunAgent
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index e235528a..53789c8d 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % AkkaVersion,
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-slf4j" % AkkaVersion,
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream" % AkkaVersion,
-    "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.13",
+    "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.5.3",
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http" % AkkaHttpVersion,
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http-spray-json" % AkkaHttpVersion,
     "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion % Test,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-discovery" % AkkaVersion,
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-testkit" % AkkaVersion % Test,
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-slf4j" % AkkaVersion,
-    "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.13",
+    "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.5.3",
     "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion % Test
   )