diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ea9c7f03e..c2092ff213 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         <specification.version>1.0-beta2</specification.version>
         <?SORTPOM RESUME?>
         <license_copyrightOwner>Red Hat, Inc.</license_copyrightOwner>
-        <logstash.logback.encoder.version>6.6</logstash.logback.encoder.version>
+        <logstash.logback.encoder.version>7.0.1</logstash.logback.encoder.version>
         <maven.antrun.plugin.version>3.0.0</maven.antrun.plugin.version>
         <maven.assembly.plugin.version>3.3.0</maven.assembly.plugin.version>
         <maven.buildhelper.plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.buildhelper.plugin.version>