diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 56c5e86c38..c0399b4f4e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ dependencies {
 
   implementation(project(":instrumentation:logback:logback-appender-1.0:library"))
 
+  latestDepTestLibrary("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.+")
+
   testImplementation("org.awaitility:awaitility")
 }