diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4222287..da09843 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ You must use sbt 1.5.5 or newer; older versions of sbt are not supported.
 Set the Scala 3 version:
 
 ```scala
-scalaVersion := "3.5.2"
+scalaVersion := "3.6.2"
 ```
 
 ### Getting your project to compile with Scala 3
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 52c5751..fc2f8f9 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ lazy val root = project
     name := "scala3-example-project",
     description := "Example sbt project that compiles using Scala 3",
     version := "0.1.0",
-    scalaVersion := "3.5.2",
+    scalaVersion := "3.6.2",
     scalacOptions ++= Seq("-deprecation"),
     libraryDependencies += "org.scalameta" %% "munit" % "1.0.3" % Test
   )