diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 928f684f..87bfb1fd 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		<source.level>17</source.level>
 		<dist.id>${project.artifactId}</dist.id>
 		<jacoco.destfile>${project.build.directory}/jacoco.exec</jacoco.destfile>
-		<kotlin.jvm.target>11</kotlin.jvm.target>
+		<kotlin.api.target>1.6</kotlin.api.target>
 
 		<apt>1.1.3</apt>
 		<aspectj>1.9.7</aspectj>
@@ -1138,9 +1138,8 @@
 				<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>${kotlin}</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<jvmTarget>${kotlin.jvm.target}</jvmTarget>
-					<apiVersion>1.3</apiVersion>
-					<languageVersion>1.3</languageVersion>
+					<apiVersion>${kotlin.api.target}</apiVersion>
+					<languageVersion>${kotlin.api.target}</languageVersion>
 					<args>
 						<arg>-Xsuppress-version-warnings</arg>
 					</args>