diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 8dad2d9..c770239 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 	// This is most useful in the arch/multilib variants to remove non-common files
 	Exclude_srcs []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of Kotlin source files that should excluded from the list of common_srcs.
+	Exclude_common_srcs []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
+
 	// list of directories containing Java resources
 	Java_resource_dirs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -918,7 +921,7 @@
 
 	if j.useCompose(ctx) {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(ctx.Config().BuildOSCommonTarget.Variations(), kotlinPluginTag,
-			"androidx.compose.compiler_compiler-hosted-plugin")
+			"kotlin-compose-compiler-plugin")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1178,7 +1181,7 @@
 		flags = protoFlags(ctx, &j.properties, &j.protoProperties, flags)
 	}
 
-	kotlinCommonSrcFiles := android.PathsForModuleSrcExcludes(ctx, j.properties.Common_srcs, nil)
+	kotlinCommonSrcFiles := android.PathsForModuleSrcExcludes(ctx, j.properties.Common_srcs, j.properties.Exclude_common_srcs)
 	if len(kotlinCommonSrcFiles.FilterOutByExt(".kt")) > 0 {
 		ctx.PropertyErrorf("common_srcs", "common_srcs must be .kt files")
 	}
diff --git a/java/config/kotlin.go b/java/config/kotlin.go
index 302d021..bf4c886 100644
--- a/java/config/kotlin.go
+++ b/java/config/kotlin.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		"-J--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED", // https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-43704
 	}, " "))
 
-	pctx.StaticVariable("KotlincGlobalFlags", strings.Join([]string{}, " "))
+	pctx.StaticVariable("KotlincGlobalFlags", strings.Join([]string{"-language-version 1.9"}, " "))
 	// Use KotlincKytheGlobalFlags to prevent kotlinc version skew issues between android and
 	// g3 kythe indexers.
 	// This is necessary because there might be instances of kotlin code in android
diff --git a/java/kotlin_test.go b/java/kotlin_test.go
index 45eac01..ad8734d 100644
--- a/java/kotlin_test.go
+++ b/java/kotlin_test.go
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 		}
 
 		kotlin_plugin {
-			name: "androidx.compose.compiler_compiler-hosted-plugin",
+			name: "kotlin-compose-compiler-plugin",
 		}
 
 		java_library {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
 
 	buildOS := result.Config.BuildOS.String()
 
-	composeCompiler := result.ModuleForTests("androidx.compose.compiler_compiler-hosted-plugin", buildOS+"_common").Rule("combineJar").Output
+	composeCompiler := result.ModuleForTests("kotlin-compose-compiler-plugin", buildOS+"_common").Rule("combineJar").Output
 	withCompose := result.ModuleForTests("withcompose", "android_common")
 	noCompose := result.ModuleForTests("nocompose", "android_common")