diff --git a/samples/twitter/twitter-itests/pom.xml b/samples/twitter/twitter-itests/pom.xml
index e3996fb13e..4b87a59bca 100644
--- a/samples/twitter/twitter-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/twitter/twitter-itests/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.29</version>
+            <version>1.3.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>