diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 0dfa3b96..366149d8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ val commonSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
 
 val cats = Seq(
   "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "2.1.1",
-  "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect" % "2.1.4")
+  "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect" % "2.5.5")
 val circeVersion = "0.13.0"
 val circe = Seq(
   "io.circe" %% "circe-core" % circeVersion,