diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d36bb69..891c0cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ See also the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/blob/master/CH
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [Core] Update `cucumber-core` dependency to [7.28.0](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+- Upgrade Scala versions to 2.12.20
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 61cfb0e..06a1213 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ThisBuild / homepage := Some(
 
 // Scala versions
 
-val scala212 = "2.12.18"
+val scala212 = "2.12.20"
 val scala213 = "2.13.16"
 val scala3 = "3.3.1"
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ scalaVersion := scala213
 
 // Library versions
 
-val cucumberVersion = "7.27.2"
+val cucumberVersion = "7.28.0"
 val jacksonVersion = "2.20.0"
 val mockitoScalaVersion = "1.17.45"
 val junitVersion = "4.13.2"
diff --git a/docs/default_jackson_datatable_transformer.md b/docs/default_jackson_datatable_transformer.md
index 4903445..6c5d59d 100644
--- a/docs/default_jackson_datatable_transformer.md
+++ b/docs/default_jackson_datatable_transformer.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ libraryDependencies += "com.fasterxml.jackson.module" %% "jackson-module-scala"
 ```
 
 
-The current version of Cucumber Scala has been tested against Jackson Module Scala **version 2.13.3**.
+The current version of Cucumber Scala has been tested against Jackson Module Scala **version 2.20.0**.
 
 ## Add the transformer
 
diff --git a/project/build-dependencies.sbt b/project/build-dependencies.sbt
index c3d27bd..f98bfde 100644
--- a/project/build-dependencies.sbt
+++ b/project/build-dependencies.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-libraryDependencies += "io.cucumber" % "cucumber-core" % "7.27.2"
+libraryDependencies += "io.cucumber" % "cucumber-core" % "7.28.0"
 libraryDependencies += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-collection-compat" % "2.13.0"