diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a0003fc3d32dee667625937347adf0017c0d2b3..5f3bdbc498109aa2241aa9667b8e6ab88d3e984b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <flyway.version>7.15.0</flyway.version>
         <java.version>11</java.version>
-        <kotlin.version>1.7.20</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.8.20</kotlin.version>
         <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
         <commons-text.version>1.10.0</commons-text.version>
         <hamcrest-date.version>2.0.8</hamcrest-date.version>