diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1db5a6bdc7..495f7cca3a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildscript {
 
         classpath 'com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.12.0'
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.0'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.5.31"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.0"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 6229e026b3..ec8877c43b 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ libraries.bndGradle =  'biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:6.0.0'
 
 libraries.groovy = 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.9'
 
-def kotlinVersion = '1.5.31'
+def kotlinVersion = '1.6.0'
 libraries.kotlin = [
     version: kotlinVersion,