diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 883c096ae1ae9..b37f1cc9c6a37 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <commons.math3.version>3.4.1</commons.math3.version>
     <!-- managed up from 3.2.1 for SPARK-11652 -->
     <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
-    <scala.version>2.11.8</scala.version>
+    <scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
     <codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.13</codehaus.jackson.version>
     <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.6.7</fasterxml.jackson.version>