diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/README.md b/logging-modules/logback/README.md
index 9a9ffc6e70..1bebcd20d3 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/README.md
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/README.md
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 - [Mask Sensitive Data in Logs With Logback](https://www.baeldung.com/logback-mask-sensitive-data)
 - [Creating a Custom Logback Appender](https://www.baeldung.com/custom-logback-appender)
 - [A Guide To Logback](https://www.baeldung.com/logback)
+- [Parameterized Logging with SLF4J](TODO)
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diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
index e7313d902a..cddc2e72ea 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <version>${logback.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback.contrib</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-json-classic</artifactId>
@@ -75,6 +70,12 @@
             <version>${angus.activation.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -118,8 +119,9 @@
         <docx4j.version>3.3.5</docx4j.version>
         <angus.mail.version>2.0.1</angus.mail.version>
         <angus.activation.version>2.0.0</angus.activation.version>
-        <logback.version>1.3.5</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.8</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.4</slf4j.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/parameterized/logging/FluentLoggingPlayground.java b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/parameterized/logging/FluentLoggingPlayground.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc27d70c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/parameterized/logging/FluentLoggingPlayground.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.parameterized.logging;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class FluentLoggingPlayground {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        Exception exceptionCause = new Exception(new IllegalArgumentException("Something unprocessable"));
+
+        log.atInfo()
+            .setMessage("App is running at {}, zone = {}")
+            .addArgument(LocalDateTime.now())
+            .addArgument(ZonedDateTime.now().getZone())
+            .log();
+
+        log.atInfo()
+            .setMessage("App is running at {}, zone = {}")
+            .addArgument(LocalDateTime.now())
+            .addArgument(ZonedDateTime.now().getZone())
+            .setCause(exceptionCause)
+            .log();
+
+        log.atInfo()
+            .setMessage("App is running at")
+            .addKeyValue("time", LocalDateTime.now())
+            .addKeyValue("zone", ZonedDateTime.now().getZone())
+            .setCause(exceptionCause)
+            .log();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/parameterized/logging/LoggingPlayground.java b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/parameterized/logging/LoggingPlayground.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32a937fcf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/parameterized/logging/LoggingPlayground.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.parameterized.logging;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class LoggingPlayground {
+
+    public static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggingPlayground.class);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        log.info("App is running at {}", LocalDateTime.now());
+
+        log.info("App is running at {}, zone = {}", LocalDateTime.now(), ZonedDateTime.now()
+            .getZone());
+
+        log.info("App is running at {}, zone = {}, java version = {}", LocalDateTime.now(), ZonedDateTime.now()
+            .getZone(), System.getProperty("java.version"));
+
+        log.info("App is running at {}, zone = {}, java version = {}, java vm = {}", LocalDateTime.now(), ZonedDateTime.now()
+            .getZone(), System.getProperty("java.version"), System.getProperty("java.vm.name"));
+
+        //old approach to print multiple parameters
+        log.info("App is running at {}, zone = {}, java version = {}, java vm = {}",
+            new Object[] { ZonedDateTime.now(), ZonedDateTime.now().getZone(), System.getProperty("java.version"), System.getProperty("java.vm.name") });
+
+        Exception exceptionCause = new Exception(new IllegalArgumentException("Something unprocessable"));
+
+        //exception as last parameters is considered as exception and printed with trace
+        log.info("App is running at {}, zone = {}, java version = {}, java vm = {}", LocalDateTime.now(), ZonedDateTime.now()
+            .getZone(), System.getProperty("java.version"), System.getProperty("java.vm.name"), exceptionCause);
+
+        //exception in between parameters is considered as pure parameter and printed without trace
+        log.info("App is running at {}, zone = {}, java version = {}, java vm = {}", LocalDateTime.now(), ZonedDateTime.now()
+            .getZone(), System.getProperty("java.version"), exceptionCause, System.getProperty("java.vm.name"));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 2d56c110e0..07d5a6bee7 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <appender name="out" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg %kvp%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
         <appender-ref ref="mask" />
     </root>
 
+    <logger name="com.baeldung.parameterized.logging" additivity="false" level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="out"/>
+    </logger>
 </configuration>
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