diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 941f35fe..05188fb7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,23 @@
         <jaxbRuntimeVersion>4.0.4</jaxbRuntimeVersion>
         <jaxbCoreVersion>4.0.4</jaxbCoreVersion>
         <jaxbBuildHelperMavenPluginVersion>3.5.0</jaxbBuildHelperMavenPluginVersion>
+        <kotlin.version>1.9.23</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <!-- You can set this option to automatically take information about lifecycles -->
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <jvmTarget>17</jvmTarget>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/sdccc/pom.xml b/sdccc/pom.xml
index 02a36a2b..57dbdcbd 100644
--- a/sdccc/pom.xml
+++ b/sdccc/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <spotbugsVersion>4.7.3</spotbugsVersion>
         <checkstyleConfigDir>../checkstyle</checkstyleConfigDir>
         <bouncyCastleVersion>1.67</bouncyCastleVersion>
-        <kotlin.version>1.9.23</kotlin.version>
         <detektVersion>1.23.5</detektVersion>
         <!-- name of the directory inside the archive -->
         <jreDirectoryName>jdk-17.0.5+8-jre</jreDirectoryName>
@@ -435,40 +434,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>compile</id>
-                        <phase>compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <sourceDirs>
-                                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
-                            </sourceDirs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>test-compile</id>
-                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <sourceDirs>
-                                <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sourceDir>
-                            </sourceDirs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jvmTarget>17</jvmTarget>
-                </configuration>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.github.ozsie</groupId>
                 <artifactId>detekt-maven-plugin</artifactId>