diff --git a/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml b/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml
index f617a6a0b0..025faa825e 100644
--- a/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                 </file>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <kotlin.version>1.3.72</kotlin.version>
+                <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
                 <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
             </properties>
             <dependencies>