diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index b45dbeda..380ff5e9 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val fs2Version = "3.10.2"
   val scribeVersion = "3.13.5"
 
-  val catsCore = Def.setting("org.typelevel" %%% "cats-core" % "2.10.0")
+  val catsCore = Def.setting("org.typelevel" %%% "cats-core" % "2.12.0")
   val catsEffect = Def.setting("org.typelevel" %%% "cats-effect" % "3.5.4")
   val catsParse = Def.setting("org.typelevel" %%% "cats-parse" % "1.0.0")