diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da1e185b..0992223a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Base Docker image: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid
 | Ruby/jruby       | 9.4.8.0                         |
 | Ruby/truffleruby | 24.1.1                          |
 | Rust             | 1.82.0                          |
-| Scala            | 1.4.3                           |
+| Scala            | 3.5.2                           |
 | Swift            | 6.0.2                           |
 | Tcl              | 8.6                             |
 | V                | 0.4.8 2ab1523                   |
diff --git a/docker/versions.rb b/docker/versions.rb
index 3751397b..5ab3af41 100755
--- a/docker/versions.rb
+++ b/docker/versions.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def cat(filename, content = nil)
     CLANG
     `clang -o #{cat('clang')} #{cat('clang.c', prog)} && ./#{cat('clang')}`
   end,
-  'Scala' => -> { `scala -version 2>&1`.split[4] },
+  'Scala' => -> { `scala version --scala` },
   'Node.js' => -> { `node -e "console.log(process.version)"` },
   'Python' => lambda do
     `python3 -c "import platform;print(platform.python_version())"`