diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 72d2f33..d602401 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import sbt.*
 object Dependencies {
 
   object Cats {
-    lazy val core          = "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core"      % "2.12.0"
+    lazy val core          = "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core"      % "2.13.0"
     lazy val effect        = "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect"    % "3.5.4"
     lazy val log4cats      = "org.typelevel" %% "log4cats-core"  % "2.7.0"
     lazy val log4catsSlf4j = "org.typelevel" %% "log4cats-slf4j" % "2.7.0"