diff --git a/kobalt/src/Build.kt b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
index 32d9dc67..b8d2d8d9 100644
--- a/kobalt/src/Build.kt
+++ b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ val kobaltApp = project(kobaltPluginApi, wrapper) {
 
     dependencies {
         // Used by the plugins
-        compile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler-embeddable:1.0.6")
+        compile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler-embeddable:1.1.0-beta-17")
 
         // Used by the main app
         compile("com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler:0.9.1",
diff --git a/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar b/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar
index efd994b6..575b230f 100644
Binary files a/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar and b/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/kotlin-runtime-sources.jar b/lib/kotlin-runtime-sources.jar
index 977f2eec..c0232531 100644
Binary files a/lib/kotlin-runtime-sources.jar and b/lib/kotlin-runtime-sources.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar b/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar
index 8c111b4c..b89a8866 100644
Binary files a/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar and b/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar differ
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt
index 1dfb0371..98a23e75 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ object Constants {
     val BUILD_FILE_NAME = "Build.kt"
     val BUILD_FILE_DIRECTORY = "kobalt/src"
     val BUILD_FILE_PATH = KFiles.joinDir(BUILD_FILE_DIRECTORY, BUILD_FILE_NAME)
-    val KOTLIN_COMPILER_VERSION = "1.0.6"
+    val KOTLIN_COMPILER_VERSION = "1.1.0-beta-17"
 
     internal val DEFAULT_REPOS = listOf<String>(
             //            "https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com/",