diff --git a/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/EnvUtilTest.java b/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/EnvUtilTest.java
index 262ada0bbf..8b1d59dd00 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/EnvUtilTest.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/EnvUtilTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 public class EnvUtilTest {
 
+    // Beware: ----------------------------------------
+    // Beware:  needs to be updated upon version change
+    // Beware: ----------------------------------------
+    static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "1.5";
+
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
     public void versionTest() {
         String versionStr = EnvUtil.logbackVersion();
         assertNotNull(versionStr);
-        assertTrue(versionStr.startsWith("1.4"));
+        assertTrue(versionStr.startsWith(EXPECTED_VERSION));
     }
 
 
diff --git a/logback-examples/pom.xml b/logback-examples/pom.xml
index fa13af1323..8c31158416 100755
--- a/logback-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/logback-examples/pom.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-access</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>