diff --git a/docs/generators/scala-akka-http-server.md b/docs/generators/scala-akka-http-server.md
index 15108cd3eb67..5fea99079296 100644
--- a/docs/generators/scala-akka-http-server.md
+++ b/docs/generators/scala-akka-http-server.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ These options may be applied as additional-properties (cli) or configOptions (pl
 |legacyDiscriminatorBehavior|Set to false for generators with better support for discriminators. (Python, Java, Go, PowerShell, C# have this enabled by default).|<dl><dt>**true**</dt><dd>The mapping in the discriminator includes descendent schemas that allOf inherit from self and the discriminator mapping schemas in the OAS document.</dd><dt>**false**</dt><dd>The mapping in the discriminator includes any descendent schemas that allOf inherit from self, any oneOf schemas, any anyOf schemas, any x-discriminator-values, and the discriminator mapping schemas in the OAS document AND Codegen validates that oneOf and anyOf schemas contain the required discriminator and throws an error if the discriminator is missing.</dd></dl>|true|
 |modelPackage|package for generated models| |null|
 |modelPropertyNaming|Naming convention for the property: 'camelCase', 'PascalCase', 'snake_case' and 'original', which keeps the original name| |camelCase|
+|pekkoHttpVersion|The version of pekko-http| |1.1.0|
 |prependFormOrBodyParameters|Add form or body parameters to the beginning of the parameter list.| |false|
 |sortModelPropertiesByRequiredFlag|Sort model properties to place required parameters before optional parameters.| |true|
 |sortParamsByRequiredFlag|Sort method arguments to place required parameters before optional parameters.| |true|
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen.java
index 2962bfc56191..d1d1daed8833 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen.java
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ public class ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen extends AbstractScalaCodegen implements
     protected String akkaHttpVersion;
     protected boolean generateAsManagedSources;
     protected boolean useApachePekko;
+    protected String pekkoHttpVersion;
 
     public static final String AKKA_HTTP_VERSION = "akkaHttpVersion";
     public static final String AKKA_HTTP_VERSION_DESC = "The version of akka-http";
+    public static final String PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION = "pekkoHttpVersion";
+    public static final String PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION_DESC = "The version of pekko-http";
     public static final String DEFAULT_AKKA_HTTP_VERSION = "10.1.10";
-    public static final String DEFAULT_PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION = "1.0.0";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION = "1.1.0";
 
     public static final String GENERATE_AS_MANAGED_SOURCES = "asManagedSources";
     public static final String GENERATE_AS_MANAGED_SOURCES_DESC = "Resulting files cab be used as managed resources. No build files or default controllers will be generated";
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ public ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen() {
         akkaHttpVersion = DEFAULT_AKKA_HTTP_VERSION;
         generateAsManagedSources = DEFAULT_GENERATE_AS_MANAGED_SOURCES;
         useApachePekko = DEFAULT_USE_APACHE_PEKKO;
+        pekkoHttpVersion = DEFAULT_PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION;
 
         setReservedWordsLowerCase(
                 Arrays.asList(
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ public ScalaAkkaHttpServerCodegen() {
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newString(AKKA_HTTP_VERSION, AKKA_HTTP_VERSION_DESC).defaultValue(akkaHttpVersion));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(GENERATE_AS_MANAGED_SOURCES, GENERATE_AS_MANAGED_SOURCES_DESC).defaultValue(Boolean.valueOf(DEFAULT_GENERATE_AS_MANAGED_SOURCES).toString()));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(USE_APACHE_PEKKO, USE_APACHE_PEKKO_DESC).defaultValue(Boolean.valueOf(DEFAULT_USE_APACHE_PEKKO).toString()));
+        cliOptions.add(CliOption.newString(PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION, PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION_DESC).defaultValue(pekkoHttpVersion));
 
         importMapping.remove("Seq");
         importMapping.remove("List");
@@ -204,11 +209,16 @@ public void processOpts() {
             additionalProperties.put(USE_APACHE_PEKKO, useApachePekko);
         }
 
+        if (additionalProperties.containsKey(PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION)) {
+            pekkoHttpVersion = (String) additionalProperties.get(PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION);
+        } else {
+            additionalProperties.put(PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION, DEFAULT_PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION);
+        }
+
         if (additionalProperties.containsKey(AKKA_HTTP_VERSION)) {
             akkaHttpVersion = (String) additionalProperties.get(AKKA_HTTP_VERSION);
         } else {
-            String version = useApachePekko ? DEFAULT_PEKKO_HTTP_VERSION : DEFAULT_AKKA_HTTP_VERSION;
-            additionalProperties.put(AKKA_HTTP_VERSION, version);
+            additionalProperties.put(AKKA_HTTP_VERSION, akkaHttpVersion);
         }
 
         if (useApachePekko) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/scala-akka-http-server/build.sbt.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/scala-akka-http-server/build.sbt.mustache
index f2f036b613f7..b6f1149a4023 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/scala-akka-http-server/build.sbt.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/scala-akka-http-server/build.sbt.mustache
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ organization := "{{groupId}}"
 scalaVersion := "2.12.8"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq({{#useApachePekko}}
-  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream" % "{{akkaHttpVersion}}",
-  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-http" % "{{akkaHttpVersion}}"{{/useApachePekko}}{{^useApachePekko}}
+  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream" % "1.0.3",
+  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-http" % "{{pekkoHttpVersion}}"{{/useApachePekko}}{{^useApachePekko}}
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream" % "2.5.21",
   "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http" % "{{akkaHttpVersion}}"{{/useApachePekko}}
 )
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/scala-pekko-http-server/build.sbt b/samples/server/petstore/scala-pekko-http-server/build.sbt
index 8e54aeb598ff..61690fec7f17 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/scala-pekko-http-server/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/scala-pekko-http-server/build.sbt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ organization := "org.openapitools"
 scalaVersion := "2.12.8"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream" % "1.0.0",
-  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-http" % "1.0.0"
+  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream" % "1.0.3",
+  "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-http" % "1.1.0"
 )