diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ce579dc78..f1e16ec07 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ lazy val benchmarks = project
     scalacOptions -= "-Yno-imports",
     scalacOptions -= "-Xfatal-warnings",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core"   % "2.12.0",
+      "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core"   % "2.13.0",
       "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect" % "3.5.7"
     )
   )