diff --git a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
index ee6e176..d413e22 100644
--- a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
+++ b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class ExampleBuild extends Project {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
 
-        final var kotlin = version(2, 0, 21);
+        final var kotlin = version(2, 1, 0);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", kotlin));
         scope(test)