diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 767368120c19840359a4fb7d9779eb2c5de5b355..a8ed1d8dddaadf697e04e9b3cf9ce4265a704876 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.winsw</groupId>
       <artifactId>winsw</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <classifier>bin</classifier>
       <type>exe</type>
       <scope>provided</scope><!-- this isn't really a dependency that Maven should care about, so putting 'provided' -->
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml
index c2b1da2fa0c4f69802c57fad52cb25a067955edf..6cc0eed92e01c8defc7d347fcb83a90b694a27c9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     I'm still debugging this.
   <interactive />
   -->
+  <logmode>rotate</logmode>
 </service>
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diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml
index 14d33a351f42f360e75f83d95f64ba2bdd74b1a2..938634eec38d8f99e85ea1111976ab405ebc4522 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     I'm still debugging this.
   <interactive />
   -->
+  <logmode>rotate</logmode>
 </service>
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