diff --git a/maven-version-rules.xml b/maven-version-rules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 53add0d..0000000
--- a/maven-version-rules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<ruleset comparisonMethod="maven"
-             xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0 http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">
-    <rules>
-        <rule groupId="org.jetbrains.kotlin">
-            <ignoreVersions>
-                <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-M.*</ignoreVersion>
-            </ignoreVersions>
-        </rule>
-    </rules>
-</ruleset>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 924c8cf..0945d60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${versions-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <rulesUri>file:///${session.executionRootDirectory}/maven-version-rules.xml</rulesUri>
-                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>update-dependencies</id>