diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 7c76524b9..fb89bc0bf 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ addCommandAlias(
   ";coreTestsNative/test;experimentalTestsNative/test" // `test` currently executes only compilation, see `nativeSettings` in `BuildHelper`
 )
 
-val zioVersion = "2.1.6"
+val zioVersion = "2.1.7"
 
 val projectsCommon = List(
   core,
diff --git a/project/BuildHelper.scala b/project/BuildHelper.scala
index 04ef556de..47ae3a05e 100644
--- a/project/BuildHelper.scala
+++ b/project/BuildHelper.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import sbtbuildinfo.BuildInfoKeys.*
 import sbtcrossproject.CrossPlugin.autoImport.*
 import scalafix.sbt.ScalafixPlugin.autoImport.*
 
+import scala.scalanative.sbtplugin.ScalaNativePlugin.autoImport._
+
 object BuildHelper {
   val Scala212: String = "2.12.19"
   val Scala213: String = "2.13.14"
@@ -185,9 +187,9 @@ object BuildHelper {
   )
 
   def stdSettings(prjName: String) = Seq(
-    name                                   := s"$prjName",
-    crossScalaVersions                     := Seq(Scala212, Scala213, Scala3),
-    ThisBuild / scalaVersion               := Scala213,
+    name                     := s"$prjName",
+    crossScalaVersions       := Seq(Scala212, Scala213, Scala3),
+    ThisBuild / scalaVersion := Scala213,
     scalacOptions ++= stdOptions ++ extraOptions(scalaVersion.value, optimize = !isSnapshot.value),
     libraryDependencies ++= {
       if (scalaVersion.value != Scala3)
@@ -196,16 +198,15 @@ object BuildHelper {
         )
       else Seq.empty
     },
-    semanticdbEnabled                      := scalaVersion.value != Scala3, // enable SemanticDB
+    semanticdbEnabled        := scalaVersion.value != Scala3, // enable SemanticDB
     semanticdbOptions += "-P:semanticdb:synthetics:on",
-    semanticdbVersion                      := scalafixSemanticdb.revision,  // use Scalafix compatible version
-    ThisBuild / scalafixScalaBinaryVersion := CrossVersion.binaryScalaVersion(scalaVersion.value),
+    semanticdbVersion        := scalafixSemanticdb.revision,  // use Scalafix compatible version
     ThisBuild / scalafixDependencies ++= List(
       "com.github.vovapolu" %% "scaluzzi" % "0.1.23"
     ),
-    Test / parallelExecution               := false,
+    Test / parallelExecution := false,
     incOptions ~= (_.withLogRecompileOnMacro(false)),
-    autoAPIMappings                        := true,
+    autoAPIMappings          := true,
     unusedCompileDependenciesFilter -= moduleFilter("org.scala-js", "scalajs-library")
   )
 
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ object BuildHelper {
   )
 
   def nativeSettings = Seq(
+    nativeConfig ~= { _.withMultithreading(false) },
     Test / fork := crossProjectPlatform.value == JVMPlatform // set fork to `true` on JVM to improve log readability, JS and Native need `false`
   )
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 025dc9e42..0d753bdfb 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger"                 % "sbt-header"
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"                % "sbt-scala-native-crossproject" % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"                % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"      % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"                      % "sbt-scalajs"                   % "1.16.0")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-native"                  % "sbt-scala-native"              % "0.4.17")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-native"                  % "sbt-scala-native"              % "0.5.4")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"                     % "sbt-mdoc"                      % "2.5.4")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"                     % "sbt-scalafmt"                  % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala"                % "sbt-jcstress"                  % "0.2.0")