diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6349f3f9..5841fc77 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name := "treehub"
 organization := "io.github.uptane"
-scalaVersion := "2.12.16"
+scalaVersion := "2.13.8"
 
 scalacOptions := Seq("-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-encoding", "utf8")