diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index 550cac42f..b758b42c8 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <flink.version>1.8.3</flink.version>
         <spark.version>3.1.1</spark.version>
-        <scala.version>2.12.8</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
         <hadoop.version>3.3.5</hadoop.version>
         <maven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count>5</maven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count>