diff --git a/launcher-package/build.sbt b/launcher-package/build.sbt
index a835e698e..0f1acb466 100755
--- a/launcher-package/build.sbt
+++ b/launcher-package/build.sbt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ val launcherPackage = (project in file(".")).
       file
     },
     // update sbt.sh at root
-    sbtnVersion := "1.11.6",
+    sbtnVersion := "1.12.1",
     sbtnJarsBaseUrl := "https://github.com/sbt/sbtn-dist/releases/download",
     sbtnJarsMappings := {
       val baseUrl = sbtnJarsBaseUrl.value
diff --git a/sbt b/sbt
index 4e30c5304..df41a9ddb 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/sbt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ declare use_sbtn=
 declare use_jvm_client=
 declare no_server=
 declare sbtn_command="$SBTN_CMD"
-declare sbtn_version="1.11.6"
+declare sbtn_version="1.12.1"
 declare use_colors=1
 declare is_this_dir_sbt=""
 declare hide_jdk_warnings=1