diff --git a/generators/app/templates/kotlin-spring-boot/pom.xml b/generators/app/templates/kotlin-spring-boot/pom.xml
index cde9a29..d8f1baa 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/kotlin-spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/generators/app/templates/kotlin-spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
     <assertk.version>0.12</assertk.version>
     <lombok.version>1.18.6</lombok.version>
-    <kotlin.version>1.3.20</kotlin.version>
+    <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
     <jgiven.version>0.16.1</jgiven.version>
     <junit4.version>4.12</junit4.version>
     <vavr.version>0.9.2</vavr.version>