diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
index a1b47d4023..0436d7437d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kotlin.version>1.0.0-rc-1036</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.1.2-4</kotlin.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.10.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.193</org.h2.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
-                    <forkMode>always</forkMode>
                 </configuration>
 
                 <executions>