diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/java/logging.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/java/logging.md
index ec60a1b439..d787f1df6b 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/java/logging.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/java/logging.md
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ It has a single dependency: the slf4j-api jar. In your runtime, you also need a
 <dependency>
   <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
   <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.3</version>
+  <version>1.2.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md
index 7aa75f1c4b..f479f3f81a 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/logging.md
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ It has a single dependency: the slf4j-api jar. In your runtime, you also need a
 
 >
 ```scala
-libraryDependencies += "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.1.3"
+libraryDependencies += "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.3"
 ```
 
 You need to enable the Slf4jLogger in the `loggers` element in
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index cf5b8193c8..e0f3d3e201 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       val commonsIo    = "commons-io"                  % "commons-io"                   % "2.5"              % "test" // ApacheV2
       val commonsCodec = "commons-codec"               % "commons-codec"                % "1.10"             % "test" // ApacheV2
       val junit        = "junit"                       % "junit"                        % junitVersion       % "test" // Common Public License 1.0
-      val logback      = "ch.qos.logback"              % "logback-classic"              % "1.2.1"            % "test" // EPL 1.0 / LGPL 2.1
+      val logback      = "ch.qos.logback"              % "logback-classic"              % "1.2.3"            % "test" // EPL 1.0 / LGPL 2.1
       val mockito      = "org.mockito"                 % "mockito-all"                  % "1.10.19"          % "test" // MIT
       // changing the scalatest dependency must be reflected in akka-docs/rst/dev/multi-jvm-testing.rst
       val scalatest    = Def.setting { "org.scalatest"  %% "scalatest"  % scalaTestVersion.value   % "test" } // ApacheV2