diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index ef767acf3a..f614774ef8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ dependencies {
         exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib-jdk7")
         exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib")
     }
-    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-benchmark-plugin:${version("benchmarks")}")
+    // kotlinx-benchmark-plugin may depend on a newer version of kotlin-stlib than the one bundled by Gradle,
+    // leading to Gradle complaining about an incompatible version of Kotlin. Exclude the kotlin-stdlib
+    // dependency to default to the one bundled by Gradle.
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-benchmark-plugin:${version("benchmarks")}") {
+        exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib")
+    }
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-knit:${version("knit")}")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:atomicfu-gradle-plugin:${version("atomicfu")}")
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1948eb770a..dce5996a91 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ kotlin_version=2.2.20
 atomicfu_version=0.32.1
 
 # Dependencies
-benchmarks_version=0.4.13
+benchmarks_version=0.4.17
 benchmarks_jmh_version=1.37
 junit_version=4.12
 junit5_version=5.7.0