diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28ed9ff3f..056c00ed9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <play2-ebean.version>8.3.0</play2-ebean.version>
     <play2-jdbc-evolutions.version>3.0.8</play2-jdbc-evolutions.version>
     <postgresql.version>42.7.7</postgresql.version>
-    <scala.version>2.13.12</scala.version>
+    <scala.version>2.13.16</scala.version>
     <scala.xml.version>2.4.0</scala.xml.version>
     <simplejavamail.version>8.12.6</simplejavamail.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>