diff --git a/serving/samples/helloworld-scala/project/build.properties b/serving/samples/helloworld-scala/project/build.properties
index 0cd8b0798..c0bab0494 100644
--- a/serving/samples/helloworld-scala/project/build.properties
+++ b/serving/samples/helloworld-scala/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.2.3
+sbt.version=1.2.8