Hello all, The logback team is happy to announce the release of logback version 1.1.6. It contains important bug fixes and improvements. It should hit the Maven central repository by the time you read this message. Here some notable changes that you should be aware of. * Logback now *requires* SLF4J version 1.7.16 or later. * MDC values are no longer inherited by child threads. * Packaging data (as output in stack traces) is now disabled by default. Please refer to the news page for precise details. http://logback.qos.ch/news.html You can receive logback related announcements by subscribing to the QOS.ch announce mailing list. To subscribe to QOS.ch announce list, please visit the following URL. http://www.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/announce You may also receive announcements via twitter by following: https://twitter.com/qos_ch Enjoy, -- Ceki