diff --git a/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 37b2d56028..41dfe799a5 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 			<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
 			<version>2.4.6</version>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.20</version>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c34c9c25e..d2de26ae48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.2.5</maven>
+		<maven>[3.2.1,)</maven>
 	</prerequisites>
 
 	<developers>