diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index 142137654..f7e90162d 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <spark.version>3.4.0</spark.version>
         <spark.version.gpu>3.3.2</spark.version.gpu>
-        <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.12.18</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>