diff --git a/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.main/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.main/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 38327f696..8eecfa5db 100644
--- a/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.main/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.main/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
         <!-- compile time dependencies -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.8</logback.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
         
         <strolch.version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</strolch.version>
diff --git a/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index f465b1f14..52cd5cd65 100644
--- a/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/li.strolch.mvn.archetype.webapp/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
         <!-- compile time dependencies -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.8</logback.version>
         <jersey.version>2.34</jersey.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
         <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2260da530..35993096c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
         <!-- compile time dependencies -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.8</logback.version>
         <jersey.version>2.34</jersey.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
         <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>