diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b1440350..45e8df59b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <kotlin.compiler.apiVersion>1.9</kotlin.compiler.apiVersion>
 
         <junit5.version>5.13.4</junit5.version>
-        <kotest.version>5.5.5</kotest.version>
+        <kotest.version>6.0.3</kotest.version>
         <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
 
         <!-- overridden by submodule that need skip deploy -->