diff --git a/build/change-scala-version.sh b/build/change-scala-version.sh
index ad76ed66937b..721d87167c06 100755
--- a/build/change-scala-version.sh
+++ b/build/change-scala-version.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 set -e
 
 VALID_VERSIONS=("2.12" "2.13")
-FULL_VERSIONS=("2.12.18" "2.13.12")
+FULL_VERSIONS=("2.12.19" "2.13.12") # note: 2.13.13 breaks the zinc compile server
 
 usage() {
   echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [-h|--help] <version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e788055af5af..c3f9f4005437 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
         <!-- java/scala -->
         <jdk.version>11</jdk.version>
-        <scala.version>2.12.18</scala.version> <!-- 2.12.18 is minimum required to support java 21 -->
+        <scala.version>2.12.19</scala.version> <!-- 2.12.18 is minimum required to support java 21 -->
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version> <!-- must remain outside of version specific scala profiles for sbt/ivy -->
         <scala.xml.version>2.2.0</scala.xml.version>
         <scala.parsers.version>2.3.0</scala.parsers.version>