diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index e7052631f..057493cad 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val alpakka = "7.0.0"
     val alpakkaKafka = sys.props.getOrElse("build.alpakka.kafka.version", "5.0.0")
     val slick = "3.4.1"
-    val scalaTest = "3.2.17"
+    val scalaTest = "3.2.18"
     val testContainers = "1.19.3"
     val junit = "4.13.2"
     val jacksonDatabind = "2.15.2" // this should match the version of jackson used by akka-serialization-jackson