diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index b5e244dd..30afed4c 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 		<!-- Deprecated: Use junit-vintage-engine and JUnit 4 is included as transitive dependency -->
 		<junit>4.13.2</junit>
 		<junit5>5.8.2</junit5>
-		<kotlin>1.7.10</kotlin>
+		<kotlin>1.7.20-RC</kotlin>
 		<kotlin-coroutines>1.6.3</kotlin-coroutines>
 		<logback>1.2.5</logback>
 		<lombok>1.18.20</lombok>