diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a9af1b3f1b..2aa20733c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        scala: [2.12.17, 2.13.10, 3.3.0]
+        scala: [2.12.18, 2.13.10, 3.3.0]
         java: [temurin@8, temurin@17, graalvm@11]
         project: [rootJS, rootJVM, rootNative]
         exclude:
-          - scala: 2.12.17
+          - scala: 2.12.18
             java: temurin@17
-          - scala: 2.12.17
+          - scala: 2.12.18
             java: graalvm@11
           - scala: 3.3.0
             java: temurin@17
@@ -231,32 +231,32 @@ jobs:
             ~/Library/Caches/Coursier/v1
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sbt-cache-v2-${{ hashFiles('**/*.sbt') }}-${{ hashFiles('project/build.properties') }}
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12.17, rootJS)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18, rootJS)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.17-rootJS
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18-rootJS
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.17, rootJS)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18, rootJS)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12.17, rootJVM)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18, rootJVM)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.17-rootJVM
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18-rootJVM
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.17, rootJVM)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18, rootJVM)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12.17, rootNative)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18, rootNative)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.17-rootNative
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18-rootNative
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.17, rootNative)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18, rootNative)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 738833f244..be7f00d808 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ val GraalVM11 = JavaSpec.graalvm("11")
 
 ThisBuild / githubWorkflowJavaVersions := Seq(PrimaryJava, LTSJava, GraalVM11)
 
-val Scala212 = "2.12.17"
+val Scala212 = "2.12.18"
 val Scala213 = "2.13.10"
 val Scala3 = "3.3.0"