diff --git a/protobuf_deps.bzl b/protobuf_deps.bzl
index 5b792945dd4e7..690bfe097d54e 100644
--- a/protobuf_deps.bzl
+++ b/protobuf_deps.bzl
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ def protobuf_deps():
     if not native.existing_rule("io_bazel_rules_kotlin"):
         http_archive(
             name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
-            urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin/releases/download/v1.7.0-RC-1/rules_kotlin_release.tgz"],
-            sha256 = "68b910730026921814d3a504ccbe9adaac9938983d940e626523e6e4ecfb0355",
+            urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin/releases/download/v1.8.1/rules_kotlin_release.tgz"],
+            sha256 = "a630cda9fdb4f56cf2dc20a4bf873765c41cf00e9379e8d59cd07b24730f4fde",
         )
 
     if not native.existing_rule("upb"):