diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e7c0fe5b..51821714 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
   }
   dependencies {
     classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.2'
-    classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.4.32"
+    classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.5.21"
     classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.1.0"
     classpath("io.codearte.gradle.nexus:gradle-nexus-staging-plugin:0.22.0")
   }