diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4211ede3..212c4298 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ project('spring-statemachine-core') {
 		testCompile "org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
 		testCompile "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion"
 		testCompile "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:$tomcatEmbedVersion"
-		testCompile "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:$tomcatEmbedVersion"
 		testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:$hamcrestVersion"
 		testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:$hamcrestVersion"
 		testCompile("org.mockito:mockito-core:$mockitoVersion") { dep ->
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index aeaf15c6..acc52dbe 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mockitoVersion = 1.9.5
 hamcrestVersion=1.3
 springSessionVersion=1.0.2.RELEASE
 curatorVersion=2.8.0
-tomcatEmbedVersion=8.0.30
+tomcatEmbedVersion=8.5.5
 servletApiVersion=3.0.1
 commonsPool2Version=2.4.2
 hsqlVersion=2.3.1