diff --git a/bom/runtime/pom.xml b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
index e35c511026be8..e270952f030cd 100644
--- a/bom/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -1268,6 +1268,30 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-extensions</artifactId>
+                <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <!-- https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/1991 -->
+                        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
diff --git a/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl b/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl
index f604d4391c0da..0b0cc1dd822f9 100644
--- a/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl
+++ b/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 
     testImplementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-junit5'
-    testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured'
+    testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:kotlin-extensions'
 }
 
 group '${project_groupId}'
diff --git a/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl b/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl
index 1fb4dc6cd9a89..214f06c3bb121 100644
--- a/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl
+++ b/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-extensions</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl b/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl
index c0774559fc9d7..789fc1222d650 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/build.gradle-template.ftl
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 
     testImplementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-junit5'
-    testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured'
+    testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:kotlin-extensions'
 
     nativeTestImplementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-junit5'
-    nativeTestImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured'
+    nativeTestImplementation 'io.rest-assured:kotlin-extensions'
 }
 
 group '${project_groupId}'
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl b/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl
index 5d48567e7523d..0ae708068ba05 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/common/src/test/resources/templates/basic-rest/kotlin/pom.xml-template.ftl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-extensions</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>