diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 454411ac..af881e7b 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }
+
+    dependencies {
+        // Workaround for:
+        // > Incompatible version of Kotlin metadata.
+        // > Maximal supported Kotlin metadata version: 1.5.1,
+        // > com/juul/koap/ByteArrayReader Kotlin metadata version: 1.7.1.
+        // > As a workaround, it is possible to manually update 'kotlinx-metadata-jvm' version in your project.
+        //
+        // todo: Remove when binary-compatibility-validator bundles support for metadata 1.7.x.
+        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-metadata-jvm:0.4.2")
+    }
 }
 
 plugins {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ad508766..7f0bc3e6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [versions]
 jacoco = "0.8.7"
-kotlin = "1.6.21"
+kotlin = "1.7.0"
 okio = "3.1.0"
 
 [libraries]