diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/Caption.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/Caption.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb3b86e1..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/Caption.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package fr.free.nrw.commons.media;
-
-import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
-
-/**
- * Model class for parsing Captions when fetching captions using filename in MediaClient
- */
-public class Caption {
-
-    /**
-     * users language in which caption is written
-     */
-    @SerializedName("language")
-    private String language;
-    @SerializedName("value")
-    private String value;
-
-    /**
-     * No args constructor for use in serialization
-     */
-    public Caption() {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param value
-     * @param language
-     */
-    public Caption(String language, String value) {
-        super();
-        this.language = language;
-        this.value = value;
-    }
-
-    @SerializedName("language")
-    public String getLanguage() {
-        return language;
-    }
-
-    @SerializedName("value")
-    public String  getValue() {
-        return value;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/Caption.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/Caption.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef2dadc26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/Caption.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package fr.free.nrw.commons.media
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName
+
+/**
+ * Model class for parsing Captions when fetching captions using filename in MediaClient
+ */
+class Caption() {
+    @SerializedName("language")
+    var language: String? = null
+
+    @SerializedName("value")
+    var value: String? = null
+
+    constructor(language: String?, value: String?) : this() {
+        this.language = language
+        this.value = value
+    }
+}