diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13468566..71fa7f7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
         <jackson.version>2.12.2</jackson.version>
         <!-- Protobuf -->
         <proto-plugin.version>0.6.1</proto-plugin.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
+	<protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
+	<kotlin.version>1.7.10</kotlin.version>
         <square-wireschema.version>3.7.1</square-wireschema.version>
         <apicurio-registry.version>2.1.3.Final</apicurio-registry.version>
 
diff --git a/serializer-deserializer/pom.xml b/serializer-deserializer/pom.xml
index 77f94134..193a2f9b 100644
--- a/serializer-deserializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serializer-deserializer/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,37 @@
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
             <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+	    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+	    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+    	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
+	    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>kotlin-scripting-compiler-impl-embeddable</artifactId>
+	    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+    	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
+	    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>kotlinx-serialization-core-jvm</artifactId>
+	    <version>1.4.0</version>
+	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
             <artifactId>wire-schema</artifactId>
             <version>${square-wireschema.version}</version>