diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index ec7ab97..230ceb1 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <main.class>main.MainKt</main.class>
-        <kotlin.version>1.3.50</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
         <ktor.version>1.2.5</ktor.version>
     </properties>