diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index c4dba142b0e1..60b9c3fe18da 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <spark.version>3.5.3</spark.version>
         <spark.version.gpu>3.5.1</spark.version.gpu>
         <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.15.0</fasterxml.jackson.version>
-        <scala.version>2.12.18</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.15</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
         <hadoop.version>3.4.0</hadoop.version>
         <maven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count>5</maven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count>