diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index e8a1e24..abbbce5 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.9.7
+sbt.version=1.9.8
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 0ad6ec4..d854caa 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ libraryDependencies += { "org.scala-sbt" %% "scripted-plugin" % sbtVersion.value
 
 // add the below dependencies in the template build, so that Scala Steward can update versions in the giter8 template
 addSbtPlugin("com.vmunier"               % "sbt-web-scalajs"           % "1.3.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.14.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.playframework"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "3.0.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.15.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.playframework"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "3.0.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"        % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"  % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-gzip"                  % "1.0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-digest"                % "1.1.4")
diff --git a/src/main/g8/build.sbt b/src/main/g8/build.sbt
index 81c5010..672bb1e 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/build.sbt
+++ b/src/main/g8/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ThisBuild / organization := "$organization$"
-ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.13.5"
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.13.12"
 ThisBuild / version      := "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 lazy val root = (project in file("."))
diff --git a/src/main/g8/project/build.properties b/src/main/g8/project/build.properties
index e8a1e24..abbbce5 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/project/build.properties
+++ b/src/main/g8/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.9.7
+sbt.version=1.9.8
diff --git a/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt b/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
index 1cb5d8f..2ac33ce 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ ThisBuild / libraryDependencySchemes += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml"
 logLevel := Level.Warn
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.vmunier"               % "sbt-web-scalajs"           % "1.3.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.14.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.playframework"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "3.0.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.15.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.playframework"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "3.0.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"        % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"  % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-gzip"                  % "1.0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-digest"                % "1.1.4")