diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c08a7f..5b129ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kotlin.version>1.3.71</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin.code.style>official</kotlin.code.style>
         <gauge.version>0.7.7</gauge.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>