diff --git a/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/gradle.properties b/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d6aa7b61fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
diff --git a/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/kotlinx-coroutines-javaagent.gradle b/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/kotlinx-coroutines-javaagent.gradle
index 000a0ff7655b..35abaab1dfbc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/kotlinx-coroutines-javaagent.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/kotlinx-coroutines/javaagent/kotlinx-coroutines-javaagent.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ muzzle {
 }
 dependencies {
   compileOnly "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-kotlin"
+  compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
 
   testImplementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-kotlin"
   testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"