diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1552e4d..9047b90 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${encoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <vavr.version>0.10.0</vavr.version>
-    <kotlin.version>1.3.40</kotlin.version>
+    <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.5.0-RC1</junit-jupiter.version>
     <spring-boot-r2dbc.version>0.1.0.M1</spring-boot-r2dbc.version>
     <kotlinx-coroutines.version>1.3.0-M1</kotlinx-coroutines.version>