diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index 734c72e2ef2..62b4a81297e 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class K2JVMCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
     @Argument(
         value = "-jvm-target",
         valueDescription = "<version>",
-        description = "Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 (DEPRECATED), 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15), default is 1.8"
+        description = "Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 (DEPRECATED), 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16), default is 1.8"
     )
     var jvmTarget: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(JvmTarget.DEFAULT.description)
 
diff --git a/compiler/config.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/JvmTarget.kt b/compiler/config.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/JvmTarget.kt
index df3a0df53f1..6484b5a493e 100644
--- a/compiler/config.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/JvmTarget.kt
+++ b/compiler/config.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/JvmTarget.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ enum class JvmTarget(
     JVM_13("13", Opcodes.V12 + 1),
     JVM_14("14", Opcodes.V12 + 2),
     JVM_15("15", Opcodes.V12 + 3),
+    JVM_16("16", Opcodes.V12 + 4),
     ;
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out
index 376f8720d62..4c2500e86cb 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ where possible options include:
   -include-runtime           Include Kotlin runtime into the resulting JAR
   -java-parameters           Generate metadata for Java 1.8 reflection on method parameters
   -jdk-home <path>           Include a custom JDK from the specified location into the classpath instead of the default JAVA_HOME
-  -jvm-target <version>      Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 (DEPRECATED), 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15), default is 1.8
+  -jvm-target <version>      Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 (DEPRECATED), 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16), default is 1.8
   -module-name <name>        Name of the generated .kotlin_module file
   -no-jdk                    Don't automatically include the Java runtime into the classpath
   -no-reflect                Don't automatically include Kotlin reflection into the classpath
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongJvmTargetVersion.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongJvmTargetVersion.out
index 7afaea0c1de..7f6fd46a34b 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongJvmTargetVersion.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongJvmTargetVersion.out
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 error: unknown JVM target version: 1.5
-Supported versions: 1.6, 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
+Supported versions: 1.6, 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
 COMPILATION_ERROR
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt
index 850d925c275..d38233bd727 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ interface KotlinJvmOptions  : org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonOption
      var jdkHome: kotlin.String?
 
     /**
-     * Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 (DEPRECATED), 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15), default is 1.8
-     * Possible values: "1.6", "1.8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15"
+     * Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 (DEPRECATED), 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16), default is 1.8
+     * Possible values: "1.6", "1.8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16"
      * Default value: "1.8"
      */
      var jvmTarget: kotlin.String