diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d85003e324f..95cb36bad35b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
         <mockito-core.version>2.23.0</mockito-core.version>
         <objenesis.version>3.2</objenesis.version>
         <powermock-core.version>2.0.9</powermock-core.version>
-        <scalatest_2.11.version>3.0.5</scalatest_2.11.version>
+        <scalatest_2.11.version>3.0.9</scalatest_2.11.version>
         <io.airlift.units.version>1.6</io.airlift.units.version>
         <io.airlift.slice.version>0.41</io.airlift.slice.version>
         <io.airlift.stats.version>200</io.airlift.stats.version>