diff --git a/clients/cloud/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/clients/cloud/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 7e7161ca3..ebfb9d2ca 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/clients/cloud/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,32 +4,31 @@ group = "io.confluent.confluent"
 
 plugins {
   java
-  kotlin("jvm") version "1.3.11"
+  kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.21"
 }
-
-java {
-  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain {
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
+    }
 }
 
+
+
 dependencies {
-  compile(kotlin("stdlib"))
-  compile(kotlin("reflect"))
-
-  compile("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:2.1.0")
-  compile("org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams:2.1.0")
-  compile("org.apache.kafka:connect-runtime:2.1.0")
-  compile("io.confluent:kafka-json-serializer:5.0.1")
-  compile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.6")
-  compile("org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.6")
-  compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:[2.8.11.1,)")
-  //compile ("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:[2.8.11.1,)")
-  compile("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4")
+  implementation("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.5.0")
+  implementation("org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams:3.5.0")
+  implementation("org.apache.kafka:connect-runtime:3.5.0")
+  implementation("io.confluent:kafka-json-serializer:5.0.1")
+  implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.5")
+  implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:2.0.5")
+  implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.15.1")
+  implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1")
 }
 
 repositories {
-  jcenter()
-  maven(url = "http://packages.confluent.io/maven/")
+  mavenCentral()
+  maven { url = uri("https://packages.confluent.io/maven/")}
+  maven { url = uri("https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/ktor/eap") }
 }
 
 val configPath: String by project
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@ val topic: String by project
 val mainClass: String by project
 
 tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
-  kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
+  kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "17"
 }
 
 task("runApp", JavaExec::class) {
   classpath = sourceSets["main"].runtimeClasspath
-  main = mainClass
+  mainClass.set("io.confluent.examples.clients.cloud.ProducerExample")
   args = listOf(configPath, topic)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle.properties b/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle.properties
index 958fa0e51..3f34d3a56 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle.properties
+++ b/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 configPath=$HOME/.confluent/java.config
-topic=topic1
+topic=test1
 mainClass=io.confluent.examples.clients.cloud.ConsumerExample
diff --git a/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 10646ba60..c9407dfd5 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/clients/cloud/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Tue Jan 22 17:48:43 EST 2019
+#Wed Jun 07 10:23:44 SAST 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ConsumerExample.kt b/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ConsumerExample.kt
index fda9e7c11..8b23bc521 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ConsumerExample.kt
+++ b/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ConsumerExample.kt
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     while (true) {
       totalCount = consumer
           .poll(ofMillis(100))
-          .fold(totalCount, { accumulator, record ->
+          .fold(totalCount) { accumulator, record ->
             val newCount = accumulator + 1
             println("Consumed record with key ${record.key()} and value ${record.value()}, and updated total count to $newCount")
             newCount
-          })
+          }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ProducerExample.kt b/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ProducerExample.kt
index 75eff1b5a..58d733d5a 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ProducerExample.kt
+++ b/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/ProducerExample.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ fun createTopic(topic: String,
   try {
     with(AdminClient.create(cloudConfig)) {
       createTopics(listOf(newTopic)).all().get()
+
     }
   } catch (e: ExecutionException) {
     if (e.cause !is TopicExistsException) throw e
diff --git a/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/StreamsExample.kt b/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/StreamsExample.kt
index db5143058..06c1c6e57 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/StreamsExample.kt
+++ b/clients/cloud/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/confluent/examples/clients/cloud/StreamsExample.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsConfig.*
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Consumed
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Grouped
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Printed
+import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 
 //DataRecord Serde
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
   if (args.size != 2) {
     println("Please provide command line arguments: <configPath> <topic>")
-    System.exit(1)
+    exitProcess(1)
   }
 
   val topic = args[1]
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
   val props = loadConfig(args[0])
   props[APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG] = "kotlin_streams_example_group_1"
   // Disable caching to print the aggregation value after each record
-  props[CACHE_MAX_BYTES_BUFFERING_CONFIG] = 0
+  props[STATESTORE_CACHE_MAX_BYTES_CONFIG] = 0
   props[REPLICATION_FACTOR_CONFIG] = 3
   props[AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG] = "earliest"
 
@@ -83,6 +84,6 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
   streams.start()
 
   // Add shutdown hook to respond to SIGTERM and gracefully close Kafka Streams
-  Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(Thread(Runnable { streams.close() }))
+  Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(Thread { streams.close() })
 
 }