diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 204d2ac9..b617f388 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - mongo-version: 3.6
-            scala-version: 2.12.15
+            scala-version: 2.12.18
           - mongo-version: 3.6
             scala-version: 2.13.12
             # 4.0 must be quoted, otherwise will be truncated to 4
           - mongo-version: "4.0"
-            scala-version: 2.12.15
+            scala-version: 2.12.18
           - mongo-version: "4.0"
             scala-version: 2.13.12
           - mongo-version: 4.2
-            scala-version: 2.12.15
+            scala-version: 2.12.18
           - mongo-version: 4.2
             scala-version: 2.13.12
     env:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index db8b8c23..180dfbb3 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 publish / skip := true
 
-val scala212V = "2.12.15"
+val scala212V = "2.12.18"
 val scala213V = "2.13.12"
 
 val scalaV = scala213V
 val akkaV = "2.6.20"
 
 val MongoJavaDriverVersion = "4.10.2"
-val Log4JVersion = "2.17.0"
+val Log4JVersion = "2.17.2"
 val NettyVersion = "4.1.98.Final"
 
 val commonDeps = Seq(
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ lazy val `akka-persistence-mongo-scala` = (project in file("scala"))
       "io.netty"          % "netty-buffer"        % NettyVersion % "compile",
       "io.netty"          % "netty-transport"     % NettyVersion % "compile",
       "io.netty"          % "netty-handler"       % NettyVersion % "compile",
-      "org.reactivestreams" % "reactive-streams"  % "1.0.3"
+      "org.reactivestreams" % "reactive-streams"  % "1.0.4"
     ),
     dependencyOverrides ++= Seq(
     )