diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.voice.watsonstt/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.voice.watsonstt/pom.xml
index 48c4d8c83..c7d50f662 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.voice.watsonstt/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.voice.watsonstt/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.32</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>