diff --git a/examples/kotlin/pom.xml b/examples/kotlin/pom.xml
index 31dfb389..4d8cd6b2 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kotlin.version>1.4.0</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin.code.style>official</kotlin.code.style>
         <wgtwo-apis.version>cdea23ed83</wgtwo-apis.version>
     </properties>