diff --git a/chaos-workers/chaos-worker/pom.xml b/chaos-workers/chaos-worker/pom.xml
index 15e5a3725..280f8ec17 100644
--- a/chaos-workers/chaos-worker/pom.xml
+++ b/chaos-workers/chaos-worker/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <version.junit>5.8.2</version.junit>
     <version.log4j>2.17.2</version.log4j>
     <version.slf4j>1.7.36</version.slf4j>
-    <version.kotlin>1.6.21</version.kotlin>
+    <version.kotlin>1.7.0</version.kotlin>
     <zeebe.version>8.0.3</zeebe.version>
   </properties>