diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index e330a3ad..3ddd0d85 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		<!-- Deprecated: Use junit-vintage-engine and JUnit 4 is included as transitive dependency -->
 		<junit>4.13</junit>
 		<junit5>5.6.1</junit5>
-		<kotlin>1.3.72</kotlin>
+		<kotlin>1.4.0-rc</kotlin>
 		<kotlin-coroutines>1.3.7</kotlin-coroutines>
 		<logback>1.2.3</logback>
 		<lombok>1.18.12</lombok>