diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72c417c013..564b0b65c2 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
         <netty.version>4.1.136.Final</netty.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-44891, CVE-2026-55831, CVE-2026-55833, CVE-2026-55851, CVE-2026-56745, CVE-2026-56817, CVE-2026-56819, CVE-2026-56820, CVE-2026-56821, CVE-2026-56822, CVE-2026-59901, CVE-2026-59920, CVE-2026-73507 (supersedes earlier netty CVE pins; also retains the 4.1.134 MQTT decoder regression fix). TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <tomcat.version>10.1.56</tomcat.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-53434 and CVE-2026-55955. Pinned via the tomcat-embed overrides below: spring-boot-dependencies is imported as a BOM, so this property alone would not win. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <httpcore5.version>5.4.3</httpcore5.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-54399 and CVE-2026-54428 (no fix exists on the 5.3.x line; httpclient5 5.5.2 from the Spring Boot BOM is compatible with httpcore5 5.4.x). Pinned via the httpcore5 overrides below: spring-boot-dependencies is imported as a BOM, so this property alone would not win. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
+        <logback.version>1.5.38</logback.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2026-13006 (1.5.36 as reported by the scanner is still vulnerable; 1.5.37 removed Janino conditional processing entirely, 1.5.38 adds a HardenedObjectInputStream fix). Pinned via the logback overrides below: spring-boot-dependencies is imported as a BOM, so this property alone would not win. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <javax.xml.bind-api.version>2.4.0-b180830.0359</javax.xml.bind-api.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.12.5</jjwt.version>
         <rat.version>0.10</rat.version> <!-- unused -->
@@ -1046,6 +1047,18 @@
                 <version>${httpcore5.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- End of httpcore5 version override -->
+            <!-- Temporary logback version override -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <!-- End of logback version override -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>