diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b4d705a..bf5dc373 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!--Dependency versions-->
-    <pekko.version>1.1.5</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.2.0</pekko.version>
     <pekko.http.version>1.2.0</pekko.http.version>
     <pekko.persistence.cassandra.version>1.1.0</pekko.persistence.cassandra.version>
     <apache.httpclient.version>4.5.14</apache.httpclient.version>