diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 134c159d..b560fafd 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ val scalaTest       = Def.setting("org.scalatest" %%% "scalatest" % "3.2.17")
 val scalaCheck      = Def.setting("org.scalacheck" %%% "scalacheck" % "1.17.0")
 val slick           = "com.typesafe.slick" %% "slick" % "3.4.1"
 val optionalSlick   = optional(slick)
-val playJson        = "org.playframework" %% "play-json" % "3.0.0"
+val playJson        = "org.playframework" %% "play-json" % "3.0.1"
 val slickPg         = "com.github.tminglei" %% "slick-pg" % "0.21.1"
 val doobie          = "org.tpolecat" %% "doobie-core" % "1.0.0-RC4"
 val doobiePg        = "org.tpolecat" %% "doobie-postgres" % "1.0.0-RC4"