diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index ca410142c4f0e..c82c3859a6f60 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ under the License.
 		<slf4j.version>@slf4j.version@</slf4j.version>
 		<log4j.version>@log4j.version@</log4j.version>
 		<scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
-		<scala.version>2.11.11</scala.version>
+		<scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<!-- 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec178182587ea..40c7fa5b14cbe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ under the License.
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<scala.macros.version>2.1.0</scala.macros.version>
 		<!-- Default scala versions, may be overwritten by build profiles -->
-		<scala.version>2.11.11</scala.version>
+		<scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version>
 		<scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
 		<chill.version>0.7.4</chill.version>
 		<zookeeper.version>3.4.10</zookeeper.version>