diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 06b1f2e..8887658 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  <PropertyGroup>
     <NetCoreAppVersion>netcoreapp3.1</NetCoreAppVersion>
     <NetStandardVersion>netstandard2.0</NetStandardVersion>
-    <AkkaVersion>1.4.31</AkkaVersion>
+    <AkkaVersion>1.5.68</AkkaVersion>
     <AkkatectureMultiNodeSharedVersion>0.5.2</AkkatectureMultiNodeSharedVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.4.1</XunitVersion>
     <XunitRunnerVSVersion>2.4.3</XunitRunnerVSVersion>