diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 627ed64b399a..697709a8ca35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.10</version>
+                <version>1.9.23</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- Transitive dependency of kubernetes-client-java in kubernetes-extension,
             schema-repo in avro-extensions, and com.google.caliper:caliper in druid-server