diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index ff290d72..3541c260 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
-
+## Changed
+- Update _Kotlin_ plugin to 1.4.0, see [release notes](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/whatsnew14.html#mixing-named-and-positional-arguments)
+- Update _kotlinter-gradle_ to version _3.0.0_, see [release notes](https://github.com/jeremymailen/kotlinter-gradle/releases/tag/3.0.0)
 
 ## [0.16.0] - 2020-08-25
 ## Changed
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 35fc2585..147d4ea5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ buildscript {
     repositories.google()
 }
 plugins {
-    id 'com.starter.config'  version '0.16.0'
+    id 'com.starter.config' version '0.16.0'
     id 'com.starter.versioning' version '0.16.0'
 }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index fc0d2ca8..89e655a2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java-gradle-plugin'
-    id "org.jmailen.kotlinter" version "2.4.1"
+    id "org.jmailen.kotlinter" version "3.0.0"
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version'1.3.72'
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/build.gradle b/plugins/build.gradle
index bf4d0f08..e638fe75 100644
--- a/plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/build.gradle
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ tasks.named('lintKotlinMain') {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api('org.jmailen.gradle:kotlinter-gradle:2.4.1') {
+    api('org.jmailen.gradle:kotlinter-gradle:3.0.0') {
         // https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/678
         exclude group: 'com.pinterest.ktlint', module: 'ktlint-test'
     }
     api 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-gradle-plugin:1.11.2'
     api 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
-    api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin'
+    api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.4.0'
     implementation 'pl.allegro.tech.build:axion-release-plugin:1.11.0'
     implementation project(":issuechecker")
 
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/internal/Dependencies.kt b/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/internal/Dependencies.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index de59a51f..00000000
--- a/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/internal/Dependencies.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package com.project.starter.modules.internal
-
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler
-
-internal fun DependencyHandler.configureCommonDependencies() {
-    add("implementation", "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
-}
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/plugins/ConfigurationPlugin.kt b/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/plugins/ConfigurationPlugin.kt
index 8ddb18a1..77d04ba2 100644
--- a/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/plugins/ConfigurationPlugin.kt
+++ b/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com/project/starter/modules/plugins/ConfigurationPlugin.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.project.starter.modules.plugins
 
 import com.project.starter.config.plugins.rootConfig
-import com.project.starter.modules.internal.configureCommonDependencies
 import com.project.starter.modules.internal.configureKapt
 import com.project.starter.modules.internal.configureRepositories
 import com.project.starter.versioning.plugins.VersioningPlugin
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ internal class ConfigurationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         configureKapt()
         configureRepositories()
 
-        dependencies.configureCommonDependencies()
-
         val javaVersion = rootConfig.javaVersion
         tasks.withType(KotlinCompile::class.java).configureEach {
             it.kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = javaVersion.toString()
diff --git a/sample/build.gradle b/sample/build.gradle
index 63f79a06..7398e598 100644
--- a/sample/build.gradle
+++ b/sample/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id 'com.starter.config' version "0.15.0"
+    id 'com.starter.config' version "0.16.0"
 }
 
 commonConfig {