diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
index 18abef8a2b8..a5743a9c016 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>hello</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <kotlin.version>1.1.4-3</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>