diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d43e57cb..6d516ef6 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name := "treehub"
 organization := "io.github.uptane"
-scalaVersion := "2.12.18"
+scalaVersion := "2.13.12"
 
 scalacOptions := Seq("-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-encoding", "utf8")