diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 481987ae..55ccc41f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <rhino.version>1.9.1</rhino.version>
         <xerces.version>2.12.2</xerces.version>
         <org-json.version>20180130</org-json.version>
-        <scala-library.version>2.13.16</scala-library.version>
+        <scala-library.version>2.13.18</scala-library.version>
         <tika.version>1.28.5</tika.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.22.0</commons-codec.version>