diff --git a/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml b/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
index b2d68a831dcad..726b50e482941 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>2.2.20</version>
+                <version>2.2.21</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 1637870cc8c9f..5c88c5728fc14 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>2.2.20</version>
+                <version>2.2.21</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.json</groupId>