diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ead397f896..e2fb5139ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -438,6 +438,29 @@
 				<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
 				<version>${xerces.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<!-- Kotlin versions aligned with Gradle -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
+				<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+				<type>pom</type>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
+				<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kotlin-daemon-embeddable</artifactId>
+				<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kotlin-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
+				<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-kotlin/pom.xml b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-kotlin/pom.xml
index 0710c54b15..40b0433c0c 100644
--- a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -21,22 +21,18 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-			<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kotlin-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
-			<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
-			<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kotlin-script-util</artifactId>
-			<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
-			<version>${contract.kotlin.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>