diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index cdde12b..e8341ef 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ lazy val octopushAkka = project
         "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http-core" % "10.5.3",
         "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http-xml" % "10.5.3",
         "com.iheart" %% "ficus" % "1.5.2",
-        "org.specs2" %% "specs2-core" % "4.20.3" % "test"
+        "org.specs2" %% "specs2-core" % "5.4.1" % "test"
       ),
       Test/fork := true,
       scalariformAutoformat := true,