diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ICompilerContributor.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ICompilerContributor.kt
index be488994..408f55a0 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ICompilerContributor.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ICompilerContributor.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ interface ICompiler : Comparable<ICompiler> {
     fun compile(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, info: CompilerActionInfo) : TaskResult
 
     companion object {
-        val DEFAULT_PRIORITY: Int = 5
+        val DEFAULT_PRIORITY: Int = 10
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
index 2d44c181..98244c1d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class KotlinPlugin @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val depen
         override val sourceSuffixes = listOf("kt")
 
         /** The Kotlin compiler should run before the Java one */
-        override val priority: Int get() = ICompiler.DEFAULT_PRIORITY - 1
+        override val priority: Int get() = ICompiler.DEFAULT_PRIORITY - 5
 
         override val sourceDirectory = "kotlin"