diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 71d5baec96ea3..14fd4b2c47857 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         <snappy.version>1.1.10.5</snappy.version>
         <strimzi-test-container.version>0.107.0</strimzi-test-container.version>
         <!-- Scala is used by Kafka so we need to choose a compatible version -->
-        <scala.version>2.13.15</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.16</scala.version>
         <aws-lambda-java.version>1.2.3</aws-lambda-java.version>
         <aws-lambda-java-events.version>3.14.0</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
         <aws-xray.version>2.18.2</aws-xray.version>