diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/play/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/play/build.gradle.kts
index eca93b3776..d0ff4b019a 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/play/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/play/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
   id("com.google.cloud.tools.jib")
   // TODO (trask) this plugin doesn't support Play 2.9+, see https://github.com/gradle/playframework/issues/185
   //  once play 3.1 is released, we can update to https://github.com/orgs/playframework/discussions/12338
-  id("org.gradle.playframework") version "0.15.2"
+  id("org.gradle.playframework") version "0.15.3"
 }
 
 val playVer = "2.8.22"