diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLast.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLast.java
index 7383d174b1..6ea5fdb0e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLast.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLast.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaType;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Space;
+import org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.groovy.GroovyFileChecker;
+import org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.kotlin.KotlinFileChecker;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -57,7 +59,10 @@ public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
                                 new UsesMethod<>(ADD_MATCHER),
                                 new UsesMethod<>(GET_MATCHER),
                                 new UsesMethod<>(REMOVE_MATCHER)
-                        )
+                        ),
+                        // Dropping the index argument leaves Kotlin index access as `list[]`, and Groovy loses its parentheses
+                        Preconditions.not(new KotlinFileChecker<>()),
+                        Preconditions.not(new GroovyFileChecker<>())
                 ),
                 new FirstLastVisitor());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLastTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLastTest.java
index 00fc594de1..e3c6144c49 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLastTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/ListFirstAndLastTest.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
 
+import static org.openrewrite.groovy.Assertions.groovy;
 import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
 import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.javaVersion;
+import static org.openrewrite.kotlin.Assertions.kotlin;
 
 @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite-migrate-java/issues/243")
 class ListFirstAndLastTest implements RewriteTest {
@@ -388,5 +390,53 @@ void bar(List<String> collection) {
               )
             );
         }
+
+        @Test
+        void kotlinIndexAccess() {
+            rewriteRun(
+              //language=kotlin
+              kotlin(
+                """
+                  class Foo {
+                      fun bar(collection: java.util.ArrayList<String>): String {
+                          return collection[0]
+                      }
+                  }
+                  """
+              )
+            );
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void kotlinGet() {
+            rewriteRun(
+              //language=kotlin
+              kotlin(
+                """
+                  class Foo {
+                      fun bar(collection: java.util.ArrayList<String>): String {
+                          return collection.get(0)
+                      }
+                  }
+                  """
+              )
+            );
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void groovyGet() {
+            rewriteRun(
+              //language=groovy
+              groovy(
+                """
+                  class Foo {
+                      String bar(List<String> collection) {
+                          return collection.get(0)
+                      }
+                  }
+                  """
+              )
+            );
+        }
     }
 }