diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 58d3f8b50..acd8ab56e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ workflows:
       - scala_job:
           name: dotty
           java_version: jdk8
-          scala_version: 0.16.0-RC3
+          scala_version: 0.17.0-RC1
       - scala_job:
           name: jdk11_2.12.8
           java_version: jdk11
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ workflows:
       - scala_job:
           name: jdk11_dotty
           java_version: jdk11
-          scala_version: 0.16.0-RC3
+          scala_version: 0.17.0-RC1
       - scalajs_job:
           name: sjs0.6_2.12
           scala_version: 2.12.8
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 95ce06264..7bd988dae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ language: scala
 scala:
   - 2.12.8
   - 2.13.0
-  - 0.16.0-RC3
+  - 0.17.0-RC1
 
 env:
   global:
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ env:
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - scala: 0.16.0-RC3
+    - scala: 0.17.0-RC1
       env: SCALAJS_VERSION=0.6.28   ADOPTOPENJDK=8
-    - scala: 0.16.0-RC3
+    - scala: 0.17.0-RC1
       env: SCALAJS_VERSION=1.0.0-M8 ADOPTOPENJDK=8
 
 before_install:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 22f3c1d62..61e5a2154 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ lazy val xml = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)
   .settings(scalaModuleSettings)
   .jvmSettings(scalaModuleSettingsJVM)
   .jvmSettings(
-    crossScalaVersions += "0.16.0-RC3"
+    crossScalaVersions += "0.17.0-RC1"
   )
   .settings(
     name    := "scala-xml",