When this happens for the Lint task, one can list the dependencies with:
./gradlew -q dependencies app:dependencies --configuration lintClassPath
Which shows that eg. kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.4.32 is being used:
 +--- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:1.4.32 (*)
 \--- org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.4.32 (*)
I've wrote a Gradle script, which equalizes all the Kotlin library versions:
// Runtime JAR files in the classpath should have the same version.
configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        def kotlinVersion = "1.6.0"
        def requested = details.requested
        if (requested.group == 'org.jetbrains.kotlin') {
            List<String> list = ['kotlin-stdlib', 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7', 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8', 'kotlin-stdlib-common']
            if (list.contains(requested.name)) { details.useVersion kotlinVersion }
        }
    }
}
There is no other way, because some older versions are being pulled in by build tools.
One likely could also add kotlin-reflect into the List<String> list (not tested).