diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b5be2647..d7177e32 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ lazy val `play-jsonJVM` = `play-json`.jvm
         else
           specs2(scalaVersion.value)
       } :+ (
-        "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.5.6" % Test
+        "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.5.8" % Test
       ),
     Test / unmanagedSourceDirectories ++= (docsP / PlayDocsKeys.scalaManualSourceDirectories).value,
   )
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 721667cb..dbf91498 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 object Dependencies {
-  val Scala212 = "2.12.19"
+  val Scala212 = "2.12.20"
   val Scala213 = "2.13.14"
   val Scala3   = "3.3.3"
 }
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index a50bf294..d9de9c0a 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scala-native-crossproject" % "1.3.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")