diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index daadc972f6b..27cee78f4bc 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         <stax-api.version>1.0-2</stax-api.version>
         <jbi.version>1.0</jbi.version>
         <okhttp3-version>4.12.0</okhttp3-version>
-        <kotlin-version>2.0.21</kotlin-version>
+        <kotlin-version>2.1.0</kotlin-version>
         
         <!-- implementation and build dependencies -->
         <glassfish-management-api.version>3.2.3.payara-p1</glassfish-management-api.version>