diff --git a/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java b/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
index e35d537..54818ec 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class ExampleBuild extends Project {
         autoDownloadPurge = true;
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
 
-        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 24);
+        final var kotlin = version(2, 0, 0);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", kotlin));
         scope(test)