diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts
index 1cbae8b5ea0a45e744518a259b230ae17e1c8960..7bc496d9719714d3926fb609b4da706a746149d0 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts
@@ -258,5 +258,45 @@ describe('modules/manager/sbt/extract', () => {
         packageFileVersion: undefined,
       });
     });
+
+    it('extract deps with comment', () => {
+      const content = `
+      name := "service"
+      scalaVersion := "2.13.8" // scalaVersion
+
+      lazy val compileDependencies =
+        Seq(
+          "com.typesafe.scala-logging" %% "scala-logging" % "3.9.4", /** critical lib */
+          "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.10" // common lib
+        )
+      `;
+      expect(extractPackageFile(content)).toMatchObject({
+        deps: [
+          {
+            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            datasource: 'maven',
+            depName: 'scala',
+            packageName: 'org.scala-lang:scala-library',
+            currentValue: '2.13.8',
+            separateMinorPatch: true,
+          },
+          {
+            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            depName: 'com.typesafe.scala-logging:scala-logging',
+            packageName: 'com.typesafe.scala-logging:scala-logging_2.13',
+            currentValue: '3.9.4',
+            datasource: 'sbt-package',
+          },
+          {
+            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            depName: 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic',
+            packageName: 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic',
+            currentValue: '1.2.10',
+            datasource: 'sbt-package',
+          },
+        ],
+        packageFileVersion: undefined,
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts
index 49029f1699bdd65368d3b6698605e0f7b05b25e7..c0348282649d3449093051af3bbde1f4793906b8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { PackageDependency, PackageFile } from '../types';
 import type { ParseContext, ParseOptions } from './types';
 
 const stripComment = (str: string): string =>
-  str.replace(regEx(/(^|\s+)\/\/.*$/), '');
+  str.replace(regEx(/(?:^|\s+)\/\/.*$/), '').replace(regEx(/\/\*.*?\*\//g), '');
 
 const isSingleLineDep = (str: string): boolean =>
   regEx(/^\s*(libraryDependencies|dependencyOverrides)\s*\+=\s*/).test(str);