diff --git a/java/javafx/javafx-kotlin/pom.xml b/java/javafx/javafx-kotlin/pom.xml
index f98d7a2..36bbe7f 100644
--- a/java/javafx/javafx-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/java/javafx/javafx-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <kotlin.version>1.5.21</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>