diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 0de17dd3464..47d69765fc3 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ink_primitives = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../primitives/", default-features
 ink_core_derive = { version = "2.1.0", path = "derive", default-features = false }
 ink_prelude = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../prelude/", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
 derive_more = { version = "0.99", default-features = false, features = ["from", "display"] }
 smallvec = { version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["union"] }
 cfg-if = "0.1"
diff --git a/examples/delegator/Cargo.toml b/examples/delegator/Cargo.toml
index 5157728df08..5883a0d4835 100644
--- a/examples/delegator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/delegator/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 adder = { version = "2.1.0", path = "adder", default-features = false, features = ["ink-as-dependency"] }
 subber = { version = "2.1.0", path = "subber", default-features = false, features = ["ink-as-dependency"] }
diff --git a/examples/delegator/accumulator/Cargo.toml b/examples/delegator/accumulator/Cargo.toml
index ee24abe3718..9a95c775c6f 100644
--- a/examples/delegator/accumulator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/delegator/accumulator/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../abi", default-features = false,
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/delegator/adder/Cargo.toml b/examples/delegator/adder/Cargo.toml
index e5f60f8a7de..11f2e517dce 100644
--- a/examples/delegator/adder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/delegator/adder/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../lang", default-features = false
 
 accumulator = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../accumulator", default-features = false, features = ["ink-as-dependency"] }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/delegator/subber/Cargo.toml b/examples/delegator/subber/Cargo.toml
index c86f628d993..c11dd824539 100644
--- a/examples/delegator/subber/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/delegator/subber/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../lang", default-features = false
 
 accumulator = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../accumulator", default-features = false, features = ["ink-as-dependency"] }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/dns/Cargo.toml b/examples/dns/Cargo.toml
index df3840f5a83..c54f94c0eaf 100644
--- a/examples/dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/erc20/Cargo.toml b/examples/erc20/Cargo.toml
index b996166f20e..148dbdeb48b 100644
--- a/examples/erc20/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/erc20/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/erc721/Cargo.toml b/examples/erc721/Cargo.toml
index 58a6b108db9..a083b486d32 100644
--- a/examples/erc721/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/erc721/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/flipper/Cargo.toml b/examples/flipper/Cargo.toml
index 5765b8f9338..dca2eabd2f1 100644
--- a/examples/flipper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/flipper/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/incrementer/Cargo.toml b/examples/incrementer/Cargo.toml
index 0a24fc3f64e..db0340e7ca5 100644
--- a/examples/incrementer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/incrementer/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/multisig_plain/Cargo.toml b/examples/multisig_plain/Cargo.toml
index d0db318718b..ff9ff8b7e46 100755
--- a/examples/multisig_plain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/multisig_plain/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 ink_prelude = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../prelude", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/examples/runtime-storage/Cargo.toml b/examples/runtime-storage/Cargo.toml
index 2e3640db181..da9be814c9d 100755
--- a/examples/runtime-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/runtime-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../abi", default-features = false, fea
 ink_core = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../core", default-features = false }
 ink_lang = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../lang", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"
diff --git a/lang/Cargo.toml b/lang/Cargo.toml
index 410093f9bd8..abb547a7756 100644
--- a/lang/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lang/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ink_abi = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../abi", default-features = false, option
 ink_prelude = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../prelude/", default-features = false }
 ink_lang_macro = { version = "2.1.0", path = "macro", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
 derive_more = { version = "0.99", default-features = false, features = ["from"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/lang/macro/Cargo.toml b/lang/macro/Cargo.toml
index 56ede981636..343dd0382b1 100644
--- a/lang/macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lang/macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE"]
 [dependencies]
 ink_primitives = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../primitives/", default-features = false }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 quote = "1"
 syn = { version = "1.0", features = ["parsing", "full", "extra-traits"] }
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
diff --git a/primitives/Cargo.toml b/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 4604f223313..6a70edbb0c5 100644
--- a/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ include = ["/Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "/README.md", "/LICENSE"]
 [dependencies]
 ink_prelude = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../prelude/", default-features = false }
 tiny-keccak = { version = "2.0", features = ["keccak"] }
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
+scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
 
 [dependencies.type-metadata]
 git = "https://github.com/type-metadata/type-metadata.git"