diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4a86ec0..07ba22d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     scalaVersion = "2.12"
-    akkaVersion = "2.5.3"
-    akkaHttpVersion = "10.0.6"
+    akkaVersion = "2.5.22"
+    akkaHttpVersion = "10.1.8"
 }
 dependencies {
     compile "org.scala-lang:scala-library:${gradle.scala.version}"
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index a939ee2..bb12ca2 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 rootProject.name = 'mesos-actor'
 gradle.ext.scala = [
-    version: '2.12.7',
+    version: '2.12.8    ',
     compileFlags: ['-feature', '-unchecked', '-deprecation', '-Xfatal-warnings', '-Ywarn-unused-import']
 ]