diff --git a/examples/spring-boot-kotlin-redis/build.gradle b/examples/spring-boot-kotlin-redis/build.gradle
index 90338ff9959..1ba6704b3f0 100644
--- a/examples/spring-boot-kotlin-redis/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-boot-kotlin-redis/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.6.4"
-    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.7.0"
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.8.0"
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.spring") version "1.7.0"
 }