diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 4807f5f2..543e0c4a 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val http4sVersion = "0.23.1"
   val circeVersion = "0.14.1"
 
-  val scala_213 = "2.13.16"
+  val scala_213 = "2.13.18"
 
 
   lazy val circeCore           = "io.circe"                   %% "circe-core"            % circeVersion