diff --git a/event-logger/pom.xml b/event-logger/pom.xml
index d67589616..d14fbdaee 100644
--- a/event-logger/pom.xml
+++ b/event-logger/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
+          <!--
+              depends on an outdated version (13.0) for JDK 6 compatibility, but it’s safe to override
+              https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-25047
+          -->
+          <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7932e808..ab84339a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
     <jackson.version>2.13.4</jackson.version>
     <jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
     <jedis.version>2.9.0</jedis.version>
-    <kotlin.version>1.7.10</kotlin.version>
-    <kotlinx-serialization.version>1.4.0</kotlinx-serialization.version>
+    <kotlin.version>1.7.21</kotlin.version>
+    <kotlinx-serialization.version>1.4.1</kotlinx-serialization.version>
     <lettuce.version>6.2.1.RELEASE</lettuce.version>
     <libphonenumber.version>8.12.54</libphonenumber.version>
     <logstash.logback.version>7.0.1</logstash.logback.version>
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+        <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.eatthepath</groupId>
         <artifactId>pushy</artifactId>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 031823997..f9f815087 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -466,21 +466,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.apollographql.apollo3</groupId>
       <artifactId>apollo-api-jvm</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.2</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-common</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>