diff --git a/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml
index 5375ecae7c..264cf49817 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -35,9 +35,15 @@
             <version>4.3.10.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/mvc/ApplicationWebConfig.kt b/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/mvc/ApplicationWebConfig.kt
index 4907e46efb..ec1c4e9511 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/mvc/ApplicationWebConfig.kt
+++ b/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/mvc/ApplicationWebConfig.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package com.baeldung.kotlin.mvc
 
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView
+import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine
+import org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver
+import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver
+import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode
 
 
 
@@ -15,7 +18,13 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView
 
 @EnableWebMvc
 @Configuration
-open class ApplicationWebConfig: WebMvcConfigurerAdapter() {
+open class ApplicationWebConfig: WebMvcConfigurerAdapter(), ApplicationContextAware {
+
+    private var applicationContext: ApplicationContext? = null
+
+    override fun setApplicationContext(applicationContext: ApplicationContext?) {
+        this.applicationContext = applicationContext
+    }
 
     override fun addViewControllers(registry: ViewControllerRegistry?) {
         super.addViewControllers(registry)
@@ -24,14 +33,28 @@ open class ApplicationWebConfig: WebMvcConfigurerAdapter() {
     }
 
     @Bean
-    open fun viewResolver(): ViewResolver {
-        val bean = InternalResourceViewResolver()
+    open fun templateResolver(): SpringResourceTemplateResolver {
+        val templateResolver = SpringResourceTemplateResolver()
+        templateResolver.prefix = "/WEB-INF/view/"
+        templateResolver.suffix = ".html"
+        templateResolver.templateMode = TemplateMode.HTML
+        templateResolver.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
+        return templateResolver
+    }
 
-        bean.setViewClass(JstlView::class.java)
-        bean.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/")
-        bean.setSuffix(".jsp")
+    @Bean
+    open fun templateEngine(): SpringTemplateEngine {
+        val templateEngine = SpringTemplateEngine()
+        templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver())
+        return templateEngine
+    }
 
-        return bean
+    @Bean
+    open fun viewResolver(): ThymeleafViewResolver {
+        val viewResolver = ThymeleafViewResolver()
+        viewResolver.templateEngine = templateEngine()
+        viewResolver.order = 1
+        return viewResolver
     }
 
 }
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-web-config.xml b/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-web-config.xml
index ffe83a66fa..c7f110ea94 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-web-config.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-kotlin/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-web-config.xml
@@ -12,13 +12,26 @@
 
     <context:component-scan base-package="com.baeldung.kotlin.mvc" />
 
-    <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
-        <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/"/>
-        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
-    </bean>
-
     <mvc:view-controller path="/welcome.html"/>
 
     <mvc:annotation-driven />
 
+    <bean id="templateResolver"
+          class="org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver">
+        <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/" />
+        <property name="suffix" value=".html" />
+        <property name="templateMode" value="HTML" />
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="templateEngine"
+          class="org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine">
+        <property name="templateResolver" ref="templateResolver" />
+    </bean>
+
+
+    <bean class="org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver">
+        <property name="templateEngine" ref="templateEngine" />
+        <property name="order" value="1" />
+    </bean>
+
 </beans>
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