diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala/rpm4s/cli/Main.scala b/cli/src/main/scala/rpm4s/cli/Main.scala
index 0a12cbd..4a74ccb 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala/rpm4s/cli/Main.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala/rpm4s/cli/Main.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package rpm4s.cli
 
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import com.monovore.decline._
 import rpm4s.data.{Architecture, License}
 import rpm4s.data._
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index d14c447..5e48795 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 object Dependencies {
-  val cats = "2.1.1"
+  val cats = "2.12.0"
   val fs2 = "2.4.2"
   val scalatest = "3.2.2"
   val scalatestplus = "3.2.2.0"
diff --git a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repo.scala b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repo.scala
index c47e5e1..f7d497c 100644
--- a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repo.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repo.scala
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import java.nio.file._
 import java.security.MessageDigest
 
 import cats.effect.{Blocker, ContextShift, Effect}
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import fs2.{Chunk, Pipe, Stream}
 import rpm4s.data.Checksum.Sha256
 import rpm4s.data._
 import rpm4s.repo.utils.compress.gzip
 import rpm4s.repo.data.updateinfo.UpdateF.Update
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 
 
 package object repo {
diff --git a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repomd/xml/primary/package.scala b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repomd/xml/primary/package.scala
index 5482f47..c8fa4d2 100644
--- a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repomd/xml/primary/package.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/repomd/xml/primary/package.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import rpm4s.repo.data.primary._
 import rpm4s.repo.data.primary.PackageF.PackageBuilder
 import rpm4s.repo.utils.xml.{EndEvent, StartEvent, xmlevents}
 import cats._
-import cats.implicits._
 import cats.syntax._
 
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
diff --git a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/utils/hash/package.scala b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/utils/hash/package.scala
index e73dedd..832c5d8 100644
--- a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/utils/hash/package.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/utils/hash/package.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import java.security.MessageDigest
 import cats.effect.{Effect, Sync}
 import fs2.{Pipe, Stream}
 import rpm4s.data.Checksum
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 
 package object hash {
 
diff --git a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/yast2/Yast2.scala b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/yast2/Yast2.scala
index 6c6f70c..09a05fd 100644
--- a/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/yast2/Yast2.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/jvm/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/yast2/Yast2.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package rpm4s.repo.yast2
 
 import cats._
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import fs2.{Pipe, Pull, RaiseThrowable, Stream}
 import rpm4s.data.Checksum.{Sha1, Sha256}
 import rpm4s.data.{Architecture, Checksum, Name}
diff --git a/repo-utils/jvm/src/test/scala/RepomdSpec.scala b/repo-utils/jvm/src/test/scala/RepomdSpec.scala
index 2cf3e90..26e9116 100644
--- a/repo-utils/jvm/src/test/scala/RepomdSpec.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/jvm/src/test/scala/RepomdSpec.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import scodec.bits.{BitVector, ByteVector}
 import fs2.{Pure, Stream}
 import rpm4s.repo.data.primary.{PackageF, SizeInfo}
 import rpm4s.repo.repomd.xml.primary.xml2packages
-import cats.implicits._
 import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
 import org.scalatestplus.scalacheck.ScalaCheckPropertyChecks
diff --git a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala
index dac0067..bed9505 100644
--- a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/RMDataF.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package rpm4s.repo.data
 import java.time.Instant
 
 import cats.Id
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import rpm4s.data.Checksum
 
 
diff --git a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala
index f6ed3bf..61786f1 100644
--- a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/primary/PackageF.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package rpm4s.repo.data.primary
 
 import cats.Id
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import rpm4s.data._
 
 case class PackageF[F[_]](
diff --git a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala
index a30b00d..9d5073e 100644
--- a/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala
+++ b/repo-utils/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/repo/data/updateinfo/UpdateF.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package rpm4s.repo.data.updateinfo
 import java.time.Instant
 
 import cats.Id
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import rpm4s.data.{CVE, _}
 
 
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala
index 8c58b0d..af9e16f 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/codecs/Extractor.scala
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ object Extractor {
     )
     val sigTags: Set[SignatureTag] = Set.empty
     def extract(data: Data): Result[Vector[T]] = {
-      import cats.implicits._
+      import cats.syntax.all._
       //TODO: needs more validation
       val a = for {
         names <- data(namesTag)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ object Extractor {
       )
       val sigTags: Set[SignatureTag] = Set.empty
       def extract(data: Data): Result[Vector[FileEntry]] = {
-        import cats.implicits._
+        import cats.syntax.all._
         for {
           dirNames <- data(HeaderTag.DirNames)
           dirIndexes <- data(HeaderTag.DirIndexes)
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala
index 8dba974..ae2a9b9 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/rpm4s/data/EVR.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package rpm4s.data
 
 import rpm4s.codecs.ConvertingError
-import cats.implicits._
 
 case class EVR(
     version: Version,