diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index d14c447..082dda8 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 object Dependencies {
-  val cats = "2.1.1"
+  val cats = "2.10.0"
   val fs2 = "2.4.2"
   val scalatest = "3.2.2"
   val scalatestplus = "3.2.2.0"
diff --git a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala
index dac0067..bed9505 100644
--- a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package rpm4s.repo.data
 import java.time.Instant
 
 import cats.Id
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import rpm4s.data.Checksum
 
 
diff --git a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala
index f6ed3bf..61786f1 100644
--- a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package rpm4s.repo.data.primary
 
 import cats.Id
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import rpm4s.data._
 
 case class PackageF[F[_]](
diff --git a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala
index a30b00d..9d5073e 100644
--- a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package rpm4s.repo.data.updateinfo
 import java.time.Instant
 
 import cats.Id
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import rpm4s.data.{CVE, _}
 
 
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala
index 8c58b0d..af9e16f 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ object Extractor {
     )
     val sigTags: Set[SignatureTag] = Set.empty
     def extract(data: Data): Result[Vector[T]] = {
-      import cats.implicits._
+      import cats.syntax.all._
       //TODO: needs more validation
       val a = for {
         names <- data(namesTag)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ object Extractor {
       )
       val sigTags: Set[SignatureTag] = Set.empty
       def extract(data: Data): Result[Vector[FileEntry]] = {
-        import cats.implicits._
+        import cats.syntax.all._
         for {
           dirNames <- data(HeaderTag.DirNames)
           dirIndexes <- data(HeaderTag.DirIndexes)
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala
index 8dba974..ae2a9b9 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package rpm4s.data
 
 import rpm4s.codecs.ConvertingError
-import cats.implicits._
 
 case class EVR(
     version: Version,