diff --git a/storage/neo4j/build.gradle b/storage/neo4j/build.gradle
index c7e697d1..0053660f 100644
--- a/storage/neo4j/build.gradle
+++ b/storage/neo4j/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Issue: https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/issues/8832
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.scala-lang/scala-library
-    compile group: 'org.scala-lang', name: 'scala-library', version: '2.13.12'
+    compile group: 'org.scala-lang', name: 'scala-library', version: '2.13.16'
 
     testRuntime project(':ecco-adapter-file')
     testRuntime project(':ecco-adapter-text')