diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ccb79cb..a098c63 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ lazy val specs2 = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)
   .settings(
     name := "cats-effect-testing-specs2",
 
-    libraryDependencies += "org.specs2"    %% "specs2-core" % "4.10.6")
+    libraryDependencies += "org.specs2"    %% "specs2-core" % "4.11.0")
   .settings(dottyLibrarySettings)
 
 lazy val scalatest = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)