diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 4f5df7db6f..39fdcf873a 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.robolectric:shadows-multidex:$robolectric_version"
     testImplementation "org.robolectric:shadows-play-services:$robolectric_version"
 
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$BuildPluginsVersion.KOTLIN"
-
     final coroutines_version = '1.3.8'
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$coroutines_version"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$coroutines_version"
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
index 1602df39a6..6b9c1f9210 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ object Versions {
 
 object BuildPluginsVersion {
     const val AGP = "4.0.1"
-    const val KOTLIN = "1.3.72"
+    const val KOTLIN = "1.4.0"
     const val KTLINT = "9.2.1"
     const val VERSIONS_PLUGIN = "0.28.0"
 }