diff --git a/project/V.scala b/project/V.scala
index 48602c2649f..1fe64b463ba 100644
--- a/project/V.scala
+++ b/project/V.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ object V {
   val lsp4jV = "0.20.1"
   val mavenBloop = "2.0.0"
   val mill = "0.11.5"
-  val mdoc = "2.3.7"
+  val mdoc = "2.3.8"
   val munit = "1.0.0-M10"
   val pprint = "0.7.3"
   val sbtBloop = bloop
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 496b46defec..32785784e7c 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.4.6")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.11.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-mdoc" % "2.3.7")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-mdoc" % "2.3.8")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.11.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.reibitto" % "sbt-welcome" % "0.3.2")
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/decorations/SyntheticDecorationsLspSuite.scala b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/decorations/SyntheticDecorationsLspSuite.scala
index 9fd788c0161..096cc788748 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/decorations/SyntheticDecorationsLspSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/decorations/SyntheticDecorationsLspSuite.scala
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ class SyntheticDecorationsLspSuite extends BaseLspSuite("implicits") {
            |{"a": {}}
            |/a/Main.worksheet.sc
            |def method(implicit str: String) = str + str
-           |implicit val name = "Susan".stripMargin
+           |implicit val name: String = "Susan".stripMargin
            |val greeting = s"Hello $$name"
            |method
            |""".stripMargin
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ class SyntheticDecorationsLspSuite extends BaseLspSuite("implicits") {
       _ = assertNoDiff(
         client.workspaceDecorations,
         """|def method(implicit str: String) = str + str
-           |implicit val name = "Susan".stripMargin // : String = "Susan"
+           |implicit val name: String = "Susan".stripMargin // : String = "Susan"
            |val greeting = s"Hello $name" // : String = "Hello Susan"
            |method // : String = "SusanSusan"
            |""".stripMargin,