diff --git a/project/Versions.scala b/project/Versions.scala
index c2dd2c8f..f4ecd870 100644
--- a/project/Versions.scala
+++ b/project/Versions.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ object Versions {
   val Nightly: Boolean = sys.env.get("EVENT_NAME").contains("schedule")
 
   // align ignore-prefixes in scripts/link-validator.conf
-  val Scala213 = "2.13.15" // update even in link-validator.conf
+  val Scala213 = "2.13.16" // update even in link-validator.conf
   val Scala212 = "2.12.20"
   val Scala3 = "3.3.4"
 
diff --git a/scripts/link-validator.conf b/scripts/link-validator.conf
index 745d9d59..b4b62ecf 100644
--- a/scripts/link-validator.conf
+++ b/scripts/link-validator.conf
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ site-link-validator {
 
   ignore-prefixes = [
     # runtime is part of the published Scaladoc
-    "https://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.13.15/scala/runtime/AbstractFunction2.html"
+    "https://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.13.16/scala/runtime/AbstractFunction2.html"
     # Javadoc link that points to wrong file name (should have $ at end of file name)
     "https://pekko.apache.org/api/pekko/current/org/apache/pekko/stream/testkit/javadsl/StreamTestKit.html"
     # GitHub will block with "429 Too Many Requests"