diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 01d41be947..1bf42d4e5d 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <scala.version>2.13</scala.version> <!-- for scala libraries the scala version is used in their artifactId -->
-        <scala.full.version>2.13.15</scala.full.version>
+        <scala.full.version>2.13.16</scala.full.version>
         <scala-parser-combinators.version>1.1.2</scala-parser-combinators.version>
         <scala-java8-compat.version>1.0.2</scala-java8-compat.version>
 
diff --git a/internal/models/signalenrichment/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/models/signalenrichment/DittoCachingSignalEnrichmentFacade.java b/internal/models/signalenrichment/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/models/signalenrichment/DittoCachingSignalEnrichmentFacade.java
index 67f0c1b248..93e66987dd 100644
--- a/internal/models/signalenrichment/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/models/signalenrichment/DittoCachingSignalEnrichmentFacade.java
+++ b/internal/models/signalenrichment/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/models/signalenrichment/DittoCachingSignalEnrichmentFacade.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ private CompletionStage<JsonObject> performPreDefinedExtraFieldsOptimization(fin
                 allConfiguredPredefinedExtraFields.containsAll(jsonFieldSelector.getPointers());
         if (allExtraFieldsPresent) {
             LOGGER.withCorrelationId(dittoHeaders)
-                    .debug("All asked for extraFields for thing <{}> we present in pre-defined fields, " +
+                    .debug("All asked for extraFields for thing <{}> were present in pre-defined fields, " +
                             "skipping cache retrieval: <{}>", thingId, jsonFieldSelector);
             return CompletableFuture.completedStage(filteredPreDefinedExtraFieldsReadGranted);
         } else {