diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 15eec2596..6c2aff3b9 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("net.bzzt" % "sbt-reproducible-builds" % "0.35")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.14.7")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.pjfanning" % "sbt-source-dist" % "0.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.pjfanning" % "sbt-pekko-build" % "0.4.7")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.12.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.13.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt.junit" % "sbt-jupiter-interface" % "0.19.0")
 
 // used in ValidatePullRequest to check github PR comments whether to build all subprojects