diff --git a/wear/build.gradle b/wear/build.gradle
index 2f8d8ed9e0..8127b80663 100644
--- a/wear/build.gradle
+++ b/wear/build.gradle
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.0"
     testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3"
     implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:$coreVersion"
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
 }
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()