diff --git a/maven-java-kotlin/pom.xml b/maven-java-kotlin/pom.xml
index beef017b5b..0f50cd1cc9 100644
--- a/maven-java-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-java-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
-	<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -13,20 +13,84 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-	<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <kotlin.version>1.2.51</kotlin.version>
   </properties>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
   <build>
-	<plugins>
-	  <plugin>
-		<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-		<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-		<version>3.1</version>
-		<configuration>
-		  <source>${java.version}</source>
-		  <target>${java.version}</target>
-		</configuration>
-	  </plugin>
-	</plugins>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sourceDirs>
+                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDir>
+                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
+              </sourceDirs>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test-compile</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sourceDirs>
+                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
+                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sourceDir>
+              </sourceDirs>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+  <plugin>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>3.1</version>
+    <configuration>
+      <source>${java.version}</source>
+      <target>${java.version}</target>
+    </configuration>
+    <executions>
+      <execution>
+        <id>default-compile</id>
+        <phase>none</phase>
+      </execution>
+      <execution>
+        <id>default-testCompile</id>
+        <phase>none</phase>
+      </execution>
+      <execution>
+        <id>java-compile</id>
+        <phase>compile</phase>
+        <goals>
+          <goal>compile</goal>
+        </goals>
+      </execution>
+      <execution>
+        <id>java-test-compile</id>
+        <phase>test-compile</phase>
+        <goals>
+          <goal>testCompile</goal>
+        </goals>
+      </execution>
+    </executions>
+  </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
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