diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/devtools/gradle/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 1cd3c7f6f1fb4..ba9aa08c68fd2 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 plugin-publish = "1.3.0"
 
 # updating Kotlin here makes QuarkusPluginTest > shouldNotFailOnProjectDependenciesWithoutMain(Path) fail
-kotlin = "2.0.20"
+kotlin = "2.0.21"
 smallrye-config = "3.9.1"
 
 junit5 = "5.11.0"