diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bcc629b..7b65837b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 		<jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
 		<jetbrains.annotations.version>26.1.0</jetbrains.annotations.version>
 
-		<kotlin.version>2.3.20</kotlin.version>
+		<kotlin.version>2.3.21</kotlin.version>
 
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 		<log4j2.version>2.25.4</log4j2.version>