diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 76b917e49..a3f3d1124 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
 
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 extra["java_version"] = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+extra["jvm_target"] = JvmTarget.JVM_1_8
 extra["kotlin_min_supported_version"] = KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_8
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-app-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-app-conventions.gradle.kts
index d6656b200..ca4ff90c7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-app-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-app-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
 
 plugins {
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 val javaVersion = rootProject.extra["java_version"] as JavaVersion
+val targetJvm = rootProject.extra["jvm_target"] as JvmTarget
 val minKotlinVersion = rootProject.extra["kotlin_min_supported_version"] as KotlinVersion
 android {
     namespace = "io.opentelemetry.android"
@@ -23,10 +25,12 @@ android {
         isCoreLibraryDesugaringEnabled = true
     }
 
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = javaVersion.toString()
-        apiVersion = minKotlinVersion.version
-        languageVersion = minKotlinVersion.version
+    kotlin {
+        compilerOptions {
+            jvmTarget.set(targetJvm)
+            apiVersion.set(minKotlinVersion)
+            languageVersion.set(minKotlinVersion)
+        }
     }
 
     packaging {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-library-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-library-conventions.gradle.kts
index 92077949e..d9cf6bf6f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-library-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.android-library-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import gradle.kotlin.dsl.accessors._d8282334f089ec6fbf714caba2b86dd9.kotlin
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
 
 plugins {
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 val javaVersion = rootProject.extra["java_version"] as JavaVersion
+val targetJvm = rootProject.extra["jvm_target"] as JvmTarget
 val minKotlinVersion = rootProject.extra["kotlin_min_supported_version"] as KotlinVersion
 android {
     compileSdk = (property("android.compileSdk") as String).toInt()
@@ -31,11 +34,13 @@ android {
         targetCompatibility(javaVersion)
     }
 
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = javaVersion.toString()
-        apiVersion = minKotlinVersion.version
-        languageVersion = minKotlinVersion.version
-        freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xjvm-default=all")
+    kotlin {
+        compilerOptions {
+            jvmTarget.set(targetJvm)
+            apiVersion.set(minKotlinVersion)
+            languageVersion.set(minKotlinVersion)
+            freeCompilerArgs.set(listOf("-Xjvm-default=all"))
+        }
     }
 }