diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOptions.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOptions.java
index 0be8e98..ff82c56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOptions.java
@@ -307,6 +307,18 @@ public class CompileKotlinOptions {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Specify the target version of the generated JVM bytecode.
+     *
+     * @param version the target version
+     * @return this class insance
+     * @see #jdkRelease(String)
+     */
+    public CompileKotlinOptions jdkRelease(int version) {
+        jdkRelease_ = String.valueOf(version);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Specify the target version of the generated JVM bytecode.
      * Possible values are 1.8, 9, 10, ..., 21. The default value is 1.8.
@@ -319,6 +331,18 @@ public class CompileKotlinOptions {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Specify the target version of the generated JVM bytecode.
+     *
+     * @param target the target version
+     * @return this class instance
+     * @see #jvmTarget(String)
+     */
+    public CompileKotlinOptions jvmTarget(int target) {
+        jvmTarget_ = String.valueOf(target);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enable verbose logging output which includes details of the compilation process.
      *