diff --git a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
index 780c64a2a25..b993ec77087 100644
--- a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
+++ b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@
 * Fixes a bug in `hamiltonian_expand` that produces incorrect output dimensions when shot vectors are combined with parameter broadcasting.
   [(#5494)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/5494)
 
+* Fixes a bug in `qml.math.kron` that makes torch incompatible with numpy.
+  [(#5540)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/5540)
+
 <h3>Contributors ✍️</h3>
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
diff --git a/pennylane/math/multi_dispatch.py b/pennylane/math/multi_dispatch.py
index 2c16ebe98e5..acf89bb4152 100644
--- a/pennylane/math/multi_dispatch.py
+++ b/pennylane/math/multi_dispatch.py
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ def kron(*args, like=None, **kwargs):
     """The kronecker/tensor product of args."""
     if like == "scipy":
         return onp.kron(*args, **kwargs)  # Dispatch scipy kron to numpy backed specifically.
+
+    if like == "torch":
+        mats = [
+            ar.numpy.asarray(arg, like="torch") if isinstance(arg, onp.ndarray) else arg
+            for arg in args
+        ]
+        return ar.numpy.kron(*mats)
+
     return ar.numpy.kron(*args, like=like, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/math/test_multi_dispatch.py b/tests/math/test_multi_dispatch.py
index ac253f7c206..3c56c21f8a5 100644
--- a/tests/math/test_multi_dispatch.py
+++ b/tests/math/test_multi_dispatch.py
@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ def test_dot_autograd():
     assert fn.allclose(qml_grad(fn.dot)(x, y), x)
 
 
+def test_kron():
+    """Test the kronecker product function."""
+    x = torch.tensor([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
+    y = np.array([[0, 5], [6, 7]])
+
+    res = fn.kron(x, y)
+    expected = torch.tensor([[0, 5, 0, 10], [6, 7, 12, 14], [0, 15, 0, 20], [18, 21, 24, 28]])
+
+    assert fn.allclose(res, expected)
+
+
 class TestMatmul:
     @pytest.mark.torch
     def test_matmul_torch(self):