diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 645a7977ccf..9e7d099ff5b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 
-kotlinVersion=1.7.21
+kotlinVersion=1.8.21
 
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
+kotlin.jvm.target.validation.mode=ignore