diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
index 9d8b80cbbd..427a4fd367 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scalaVersion}.10</version>
+            <version>${scalaVersion}.17</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalameta</groupId>