diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97dd542804a12..58958c1b70ca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <!-- use okio version that matches the okhttp3 version -->
     <okio.version>2.8.0</okio.version>
     <!-- override kotlin-stdlib used by okio in order to address CVE-2020-29582 -->
-    <kotlin-stdlib.version>1.4.32</kotlin-stdlib.version>
+    <kotlin-stdlib.version>1.6.0</kotlin-stdlib.version>
     <nsq-client.version>1.0</nsq-client.version>
     <cron-utils.version>9.1.6</cron-utils.version>
     <spring.version>5.3.20</spring.version>