diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index f17f869b7..56a77525d 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val alpakka = "6.0.1"
     val alpakkaKafka = sys.props.getOrElse("build.alpakka.kafka.version", "4.0.2")
     val slick = "3.4.1"
-    val scalaTest = "3.2.16"
+    val scalaTest = "3.2.17"
     val testContainers = "1.19.0"
     val junit = "4.13.2"
     val jacksonDatabind = "2.13.5" // this should match the version of jackson used by akka-serialization-jackson