diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2cd0bdb4..5ebcb161 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
 
 		<kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>21</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
-		<kotlin.version>2.0.20</kotlin.version>
+		<kotlin.version>2.0.21</kotlin.version>
 		<!-- version used by Kotest -->
 		<kotlinx.coroutines.version>1.9.0</kotlinx.coroutines.version>
 		<serialization.version>1.7.3</serialization.version>