diff --git a/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml b/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
index f1f3fd770436f..8331593118dbf 100644
--- a/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <version>1.9.22</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.json</groupId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml
index 7fa3b388a9ff8..3a1713af0cc62 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <version>1.9.22</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.json</groupId>