diff --git a/common-utils/pom.xml b/common-utils/pom.xml
index a120f832f2..b3b3689e2f 100644
--- a/common-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/common-utils/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <logback-version>1.4.11</logback-version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/geoclimate/pom.xml b/geoclimate/pom.xml
index b08b4d35e0..da82bba91c 100644
--- a/geoclimate/pom.xml
+++ b/geoclimate/pom.xml
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.9</version>
+       <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback-version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea081d8152..31bf11fca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         <commons-compress-version>1.21</commons-compress-version>
         <smile-version>2.5.3</smile-version>
         <xstream-version>1.4.19</xstream-version>
+        <logback-version>1.4.11</logback-version>
 
         <!-- Plugins versions -->
         <exec-maven-version>3.0.0</exec-maven-version>