diff --git a/cuda-specific-examples/pom.xml b/cuda-specific-examples/pom.xml
index dfa4459bbb..20fa6674bd 100644
--- a/cuda-specific-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/cuda-specific-examples/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.4.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
       <maven-shade-plugin.version>2.4.3</maven-shade-plugin.version>
       <jcommon.version>1.0.23</jcommon.version>
-      <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+      <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>