diff --git a/build.sc b/build.sc
index 04eec3c90..08320289c 100644
--- a/build.sc
+++ b/build.sc
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ object scala extends Module {
 }
 
 trait Examples extends SbtModule {
-  private def examplesScalaVersion = "2.12.12"
+  private def examplesScalaVersion = "2.12.18"
   private def baseRepoRoot         = os.rel / "out" / "repo"
   def scalaVersion                 = ScalaVersions.scala3Latest
   object test extends Tests {
diff --git a/examples/colors.ipynb b/examples/colors.ipynb
index dc73e8b83..d74987ca5 100644
--- a/examples/colors.ipynb
+++ b/examples/colors.ipynb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
    "mimetype": "text/x-scala",
    "name": "scala",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "script",
-   "version": "2.12.12"
+   "version": "2.12.18"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/examples/displays.ipynb b/examples/displays.ipynb
index 83489bfad..e335f2786 100644
--- a/examples/displays.ipynb
+++ b/examples/displays.ipynb
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
    "mimetype": "text/x-scala",
    "name": "scala",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "script",
-   "version": "2.12.12"
+   "version": "2.12.18"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/examples/plotly-scala.ipynb b/examples/plotly-scala.ipynb
index a087012ee..d46e952e3 100644
--- a/examples/plotly-scala.ipynb
+++ b/examples/plotly-scala.ipynb
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@
    "mimetype": "text/x-scala",
    "name": "scala",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "script",
-   "version": "2.12.12"
+   "version": "2.12.18"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/examples/scalapy-displays.ipynb b/examples/scalapy-displays.ipynb
index 2b1031ca9..ae20c13dc 100644
--- a/examples/scalapy-displays.ipynb
+++ b/examples/scalapy-displays.ipynb
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
    "mimetype": "text/x-scala",
    "name": "scala",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "script",
-   "version": "2.12.12"
+   "version": "2.12.18"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/examples/test.ipynb b/examples/test.ipynb
index 54abd8e8a..8729f52f0 100644
--- a/examples/test.ipynb
+++ b/examples/test.ipynb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    "mimetype": "text/x-scala",
    "name": "scala",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "script",
-   "version": "2.12.12"
+   "version": "2.12.18"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,