diff --git a/java/kotlin-lite/pom_template.xml b/java/kotlin-lite/pom_template.xml
index f9265b18d2..6e3e05fcce 100644
--- a/java/kotlin-lite/pom_template.xml
+++ b/java/kotlin-lite/pom_template.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>{groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-javalite</artifactId>
+      <version>{version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     {dependencies}
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/java/kotlin/pom_template.xml b/java/kotlin/pom_template.xml
index a4a04f2ff0..a66e44d52b 100644
--- a/java/kotlin/pom_template.xml
+++ b/java/kotlin/pom_template.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>{groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>{version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     {dependencies}
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/java/util/pom_template.xml b/java/util/pom_template.xml
index 77ffa8538d..82d84c8721 100644
--- a/java/util/pom_template.xml
+++ b/java/util/pom_template.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>{groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>{version}</version>
     </dependency>
     {dependencies}
   </dependencies>