diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index c2ce854eea..8c87b030d1 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -15,15 +15,11 @@ updates.ignore = [
 ]
 
 updates.pin = [
-  # Stay on ScalaTest 3.1 as long as Akka TestKit does
-  { groupId = "org.scalatest", artifactId = "scalatest", version = "3.1." },
-  # https://github.com/akka/akka/pull/28970 / https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/29072
-  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", version = "2.10." },
-  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", version = "2.10." },
-  # https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/3719
-  { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "sbt", version = "1.3." },
-  # https://github.com/akka/akka-http/pull/3995#issuecomment-1009951997
-  { groupId = "org.scala-lang.modules", artifactId = "scala-xml", version = "1." },
+  # Align with Scalatest dependency from Akka TestKit does
+  { groupId = "org.scalatest", artifactId = "scalatest", version = "3.2." },
+  # align with Akka jackson version
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", version = "2.15." },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", version = "2.15." },
   # https://github.com/akka/akka-http/pull/3996#issuecomment-1009953070
   { groupId = "org.specs2", artifactId = "specs2-core", version = "4.10." },
   # https://github.com/akka/akka-http/pull/4080#issuecomment-1074853622
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 5a17ff5f30..ce8bece81a 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   }
 
   object Compile {
-    val scalaXml      =  "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % "2.1.0" // Scala License
+    val scalaXml      =  "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % "2.2.0" // Scala License