diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b6b3e8a53..4a73a05d9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 		<InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>1.3.0</InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>
 		<!-- Aligned with Gradle, otherwise Gradle based projects won't work well -->
-		<contract.kotlin.version>1.3.72</contract.kotlin.version>
+		<contract.kotlin.version>1.4.0</contract.kotlin.version>
 		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
 
 		<javadoc.failOnError>true</javadoc.failOnError>