Worked on maintaining and updating the quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts repository, focusing on keeping the Hibernate ORM Panache Kotlin Quickstart aligned with the evolving Kotlin ecosystem. Delivered two targeted feature upgrades by incrementally updating the Kotlin version, first to 2.1.0 and then to 2.1.20, ensuring compatibility with the latest stable releases. Emphasized build tool configuration and dependency management to provide a seamless onboarding experience for new users and to support modern language features. Prioritized preventive maintenance and stability, making changes traceable and audit-ready, while reducing future maintenance risk and enhancing tooling support for downstream Kotlin projects. No bugs were reported.