diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index e1bbc2e8..445e2ba9 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ val testSettings = commonSettings ++ Seq(
 )
 
 val tagging = "com.softwaremill.common" %% "tagging" % "2.3.1"
-val scalatest = "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.9"
+val scalatest = "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.17"
 val javassist = "org.javassist" % "javassist" % "3.30.2-GA"
 val akkaActor = "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % "2.6.20"
 val pekkoActor = "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-actor" % "1.0.2"