diff --git a/gradle-versions-plugin/build.gradle b/gradle-versions-plugin/build.gradle
index 97d9940f..07d76952 100644
--- a/gradle-versions-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-versions-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly gradleApi()
 
   implementation localGroovy()
-  implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.6.21'
+  implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.8.20'
   implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:1.8.10'
   implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.10.0'
   implementation 'com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:1.12.0'