diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0570376..e858b7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
         
         <lagom.version>1.4.6</lagom.version>
         <play.version>2.6.15</play.version>
-        <play2.version>2.6.15</play2.version>
+        <play2.version>2.8.16</play2.version>
         <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>