diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b735ab791..4f0ddf8958 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <previous.version>1.13.1</previous.version>
     <thrift.executable>thrift</thrift.executable>
     <format.thrift.executable>${thrift.executable}</format.thrift.executable>
-    <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
+    <scala.version>2.12.20</scala.version>
     <!-- scala.binary.version is used for projects that fetch dependencies that are in scala -->
     <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
     <scala.maven.test.skip>false</scala.maven.test.skip>