diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ca0ff3c..1e8dc26 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 [![code style: prettier](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-prettier-ff69b4.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/prettier/prettier)
 [![ktlint](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-%E2%9D%A4-FF4081.svg)](https://ktlint.github.io/)
 
-Current ktlint version: `0.43.2`
+Current ktlint version: ~~0.43.2~~ `0.40.0`
+
+Because `0.43.2` fails on Java 16+: https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1195
 
 # Features
 
diff --git a/resources/ktlint b/resources/ktlint
index 274adc1..7b05e2b 100755
Binary files a/resources/ktlint and b/resources/ktlint differ
diff --git a/src/__exclude/install.ts b/scripts/install.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from src/__exclude/install.ts
rename to scripts/install.ts
index 0961a04..08f2d61 100644
--- a/src/__exclude/install.ts
+++ b/scripts/install.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 
-yarn tsn src/install
+yarn tsn ./scripts/install
 
  */
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs'
 import { pipeline } from 'stream'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
 import got from 'got'
-import { ktlintPath } from './paths'
+import { ktlintPath } from '../src/paths'
 
 const _pipeline = promisify(pipeline) as any
 
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ void (async () => {
     return
   }
 
-  const ktlintVersion = '0.43.2'
+  // 0.43.2 sometimes fails with error on Java 16+:
+  // https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1195
+  // Hence, reverting to 0.40.0
+  // const ktlintVersion = '0.43.2'
+  const ktlintVersion = '0.40.0'
   console.log(`downloading ktlint ${ktlintVersion} from github, may take some time...`)
 
   const url = `https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/releases/download/${ktlintVersion}/ktlint`