diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4e191c3..290b1fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Bump version
         id: version
         uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.4.0
+        with:
+          major_pattern: "(MAJOR)"
+          minor_pattern: "(MINOR)"
 
       - name: Create GitHub tag and release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2.5.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6583aa..fc00a09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![build](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-template/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-template/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/will-molloy/java-template/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/will-molloy/java-template)
 
-template repo for Java (or Kotlin/Scala) Gradle projects
+template repo for Java/Kotlin Gradle projects
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ template repo for Java (or Kotlin/Scala) Gradle projects
 - Automatic code formatting via [Spotless](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless)
   - Java: [`google-java-format`](https://github.com/google/google-java-format)
   - Kotlin: [`ktfmt`](https://github.com/facebook/ktfmt)
-  - Scala: [`scalafmt`](https://github.com/scalameta/scalafmt)
 - Code style analysis via [Checkstyle](https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle)
 - Static analysis via [SpotBugs](https://spotbugs.github.io/)
 - Unit and integration test support via [JUnit 5](https://junit.org/junit5/) and [TestSets plugin](https://github.com/unbroken-dome/gradle-testsets-plugin)
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 28f1d4c..221c984 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -48,15 +48,9 @@ allprojects {
       trimTrailingWhitespace()
       endWithNewline()
     }
-    // https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/tree/main/plugin-gradle#scala
-    scala {
-      scalafmt().configFile("$rootDir/scalafmt.conf")
-      trimTrailingWhitespace()
-      endWithNewline()
-    }
   }
 
-  // TODO Kotlin/Scala alternative?
+  // TODO Kotlin alternative?
   apply(plugin = "checkstyle")
   configure<CheckstyleExtension> {
     toolVersion = rootProject.libs.versions.checkstyle.get()
diff --git a/example-kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/example-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index b6351bf..2c458b0 100644
--- a/example-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/example-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kotlin {
   jvmToolchain(25)
 }
 
-// TODO disabling on Kotlin/Scala atm... too many false positives
+// TODO disabling on Kotlin atm... too many false positives
 spotbugs {
   ignoreFailures.set(true)
 }
diff --git a/example-scala/build.gradle.kts b/example-scala/build.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index bc5447e..0000000
--- a/example-scala/build.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  scala
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  implementation(libs.scala.library)
-}
-
-// TODO disabling on Kotlin/Scala atm... too many false positives
-spotbugs {
-  ignoreFailures.set(true)
-}
diff --git a/example-scala/src/main/scala/com/willmolloy/HelloScala.scala b/example-scala/src/main/scala/com/willmolloy/HelloScala.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 398272e..0000000
--- a/example-scala/src/main/scala/com/willmolloy/HelloScala.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package com.willmolloy
-
-/** Example main src. */
-object HelloScala {
-
-  def hello(text: String): String = {
-    require(text.nonEmpty)
-    s"Hello $text, from Scala!"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/example-scala/src/test/scala/com/willmolloy/HelloScalaTest.scala b/example-scala/src/test/scala/com/willmolloy/HelloScalaTest.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 9be32aa..0000000
--- a/example-scala/src/test/scala/com/willmolloy/HelloScalaTest.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package com.willmolloy
-
-import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-
-/** Unit tests for [[HelloScala]]. */
-final class HelloScalaTest {
-
-  @Test
-  def test_hello(): Unit = {
-    assertThat(HelloScala.hello("world")).isEqualTo("Hello world, from Scala!")
-  }
-}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5955114..eae2df8 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ junit = "6.0.2"
 truth = "1.4.5"
 mockito = "5.21.0"
 # langs
-scala = "3.7.4"
 kotlin = "2.3.0"
 # plugins
 spotless = "8.1.0"
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ junit = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit" }
 truth = { module = "com.google.truth:truth", version.ref = "truth" }
 mockito-core = { module = "org.mockito:mockito-core", version.ref = "mockito" }
 mockito-junit = { module = "org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter", version.ref = "mockito" }
-# scala
-scala-library = { module = "org.scala-lang:scala3-library_3", version.ref = "scala" }
 
 [plugins]
 spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version.ref = "spotless" }
diff --git a/scalafmt.conf b/scalafmt.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a27b31..0000000
--- a/scalafmt.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-version = "3.8.1" # must match the version used by spotless
-runner.dialect = scala3
-maxColumn = 100
-docstrings.style = Asterisk
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index d73ec06..09ecaa5 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 rootProject.name = "java-template"
 include("example-java")
 include("example-kotlin")
-include("example-scala")