diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f8a0c20..bb8bb5f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Maven style:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
     <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.19</version>
+    <version>1.5.20</version>
     <!-- Use runtime scope if the project does not have any compile-time usage of logback,
          such as implementations of Appender, Encoder, Layout, TurboFilter, etc
     <scope>runtime</scope>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ For example, to ensure that maven doesn't pick different versions of logback-cor
 
 ```xml
 <properties>
-    <logback-classic.version>1.5.19</logback-classic.version>
+    <logback-classic.version>1.5.20</logback-classic.version>
     <logback-access.version>2.0.6</logback-access.version>
 </properties>
 <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7cd446f..575caba0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <!-- runtime dependencies -->
         <jackson.version>3.0.0</jackson.version>
         <java-uuid-generator.version>5.1.1</java-uuid-generator.version>
-        <logback-core.version>1.5.19</logback-core.version>
+        <logback-core.version>1.5.20</logback-core.version>
         <logback-access.version>2.0.6</logback-access.version>
 
         <!-- shaded runtime dependencies -->