diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c593f64..311c850 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <kotlin.version>1.5.31</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.10</kotlin.version>
         <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.22.2</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.8.1</junit.jupiter.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>