diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index ad5e6c795e6cc..088f760983a63 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         <aws-xray.version>2.13.0</aws-xray.version>
         <azure-functions-java-library.version>2.2.0</azure-functions-java-library.version>
         <azure-functions-java-spi.version>1.0.0</azure-functions-java-spi.version>
-        <kotlin.version>1.7.22</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.8.10</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin.coroutine.version>1.6.4</kotlin.coroutine.version>
         <kotlin-serialization.version>1.4.1</kotlin-serialization.version>
         <dekorate.version>3.3.1</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index d94bd0fcc607c..06ae625465c19 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <!-- These properties are needed in order for them to be resolvable by the generated projects -->
         <!-- Quarkus uses jboss-parent and it comes with 3.8.1-jboss-1, we don't want that in the templates -->
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.10.1</compiler-plugin.version>
-        <kotlin.version>1.7.22</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>1.8.10</kotlin.version>
         <dokka.version>1.7.20</dokka.version>
         <scala.version>2.13.8</scala.version>
         <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.8.0</scala-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPluginTest.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPluginTest.java
index 0edaafdaf50d0..107f407dd6f6e 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPluginTest.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPluginTest.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public void shouldReturnMultipleOutputSourceDirectories() {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldNotFailOnProjectDependenciesWithoutMain() throws IOException {
-        var kotlinVersion = System.getProperty("kotlin_version", "1.7.22");
+        var kotlinVersion = System.getProperty("kotlin_version", "1.8.10");
         var settingFile = testProjectDir.resolve("settings.gradle.kts");
         var mppProjectDir = testProjectDir.resolve("mpp");
         var quarkusProjectDir = testProjectDir.resolve("quarkus");
diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle.properties b/devtools/gradle/gradle.properties
index 133e709814ac5..f0de20a934820 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle.properties
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 version = 999-SNAPSHOT
-kotlin_version = 1.7.22
+kotlin_version = 1.8.10
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/tests/pom.xml b/independent-projects/arc/tests/pom.xml
index cb28436b23edf..66e0f09fb0f02 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/tests/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.22</version>
+            <version>1.8.10</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index bb69c02f58958..4770bda577dc1 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.7.22"
-    kotlin("plugin.allopen") version "1.7.22"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.10"
+    kotlin("plugin.allopen") version "1.8.10"
     id("io.quarkus")
 }
 
diff --git a/jakarta/transform.sh b/jakarta/transform.sh
index 13d7a9accbe21..5e762f2a868a6 100755
--- a/jakarta/transform.sh
+++ b/jakarta/transform.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ "${REWRITE_OFFLINE-false}" != "true" ]; then
   # Build Kotlin Maven Plugin to allow skipping main compilation
   # (skipping test compilation is supported but not main)
   rm -rf target/kotlin
-  git clone -b v1.7.22-jakarta --depth 1 https://github.com/gsmet/kotlin.git target/kotlin
+  git clone -b v1.8.10-jakarta --depth 1 https://github.com/gsmet/kotlin.git target/kotlin
   pushd target/kotlin/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin
   mvn -B clean install -DskipTests -DskipITs
   popd