diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
index ed15aa35f8e..4ac40848563 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <scalaVersion>2.12</scalaVersion>
+        <scalaVersion>2.13.16</scalaVersion>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}.19</version>
+            <version>${scalaVersion}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalameta</groupId>
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
index 31bdc20be32..0519f80d950 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <scalaVersion>2.13</scalaVersion>
+        <scalaVersion>2.13.16</scalaVersion>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}.13</version>
+            <version>${scalaVersion}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalameta</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ec4831aa49..0bdd3dd3074 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
                 <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-                <version>2.13.13</version>
+                <version>2.13.16</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- TEST DEPENDENCIES -->