diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index bf620df7514da..b320925e74cfc 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         <zookeeper.version>3.5.7</zookeeper.version>
         <strimzi-test-container.version>0.100.0</strimzi-test-container.version>
         <!-- Scala is used by Kafka so we need to choose a compatible version -->
-        <scala.version>2.12.13</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.8</scala.version>
         <aws-lambda-java.version>1.2.1</aws-lambda-java.version>
         <aws-lambda-java-events.version>3.11.0</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
         <aws-lambda-serverless-java-container.version>1.6.1</aws-lambda-serverless-java-container.version>