diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts
index 6a7876713331..d38b3cf8cc35 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ dependencies {
 
   library("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.16")
 
+  latestDepTestLibrary("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.+")
+
   testImplementation(project(":instrumentation-sdk-appender"))
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-logs")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-testing")