diff --git a/android/capacitor/build.gradle b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
index 72719f2a2..d9a4f486c 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ext {
 
 
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = project.hasProperty("kotlin_version") ? rootProject.ext.kotlin_version : '1.8.20'
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    implementation platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom:$kotlin_version")
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$androidxAppCompatVersion"
     implementation "androidx.core:core:$androidxCoreVersion"
     implementation "androidx.activity:activity:$androidxActivityVersion"