diff --git a/sb-word-count/pom.xml b/sb-word-count/pom.xml
index 3b3afe5..ebf2e70 100644
--- a/sb-word-count/pom.xml
+++ b/sb-word-count/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <spark.core.version>2.12</spark.core.version>
-        <scala.version>2.13.0</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.9</scala.version>
         <spark.version>2.4.0</spark.version>
     </properties>