In this paper we use variational techniques to give existence results for the problem {s(k)[u] = f(x, -u) in Omega u < 0 in Omega u = 0 on partial derivative Omega where S-k[u] is the k-Hessian operator and f (x, u) is a supercritical nonlinearity in the sense introduced by [K. Tso, Ann. Inst. Henri Poincare (1990)]. Using some ideas from a celebrated article by Brezis and Nirenberg we show existence of a positive solution considering supercritical nonlinearities, which is surprising given the validity of the Pohozaev identity. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.