diff --git a/cucumber-kotlin-java8/pom.xml b/cucumber-kotlin-java8/pom.xml
index 9cb85d3c71..c33fa7dce7 100644
--- a/cucumber-kotlin-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/cucumber-kotlin-java8/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.Automatic-Module-Name>io.cucumber.kotlin.java8</project.Automatic-Module-Name>
-        <kotlin.version>1.9.25</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>2.0.20</kotlin.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.3</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>