diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 1de3984..8a078df 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <kotlin.code.style>official</kotlin.code.style>
-        <kotlin.version>1.3.72</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.2.5</postgresql.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.14.Final</hibernate.version>
         <liquibase.version>3.8.9</liquibase.version>