diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
index 59d5cae7099..451aef99264 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>hello</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <kotlin.version>1.3.21</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.9.22</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>1.8</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
                     <transformers>
-                        <transformer
-                                implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer">
+                        <transformer implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer">
                         </transformer>
                     </transformers>
                 </configuration>