diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
index a1cd9cb1..854dca90 100644
--- a/ballerina/build.gradle
+++ b/ballerina/build.gradle
@@ -17,19 +17,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url = 'https://maven.pkg.github.com/ballerina-platform/plugin-gradle'
-            credentials {
-                username System.getenv('packageUser')
-                password System.getenv('packagePAT')
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "io.ballerina:plugin-gradle:${project.ballerinaGradlePluginVersion}"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'io.ballerina.plugin'
 }
 
 description = 'Ballerina - Persist Ballerina Generator'
@@ -57,8 +46,6 @@ def stripBallerinaExtensionVersion(String extVersion) {
     }
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'io.ballerina.plugin'
-
 ballerina {
     packageOrganization = packageOrg
     module = packageName
@@ -109,6 +96,9 @@ publishing {
 
 updateTomlFiles.dependsOn copyStdlibs
 
+test.dependsOn ":${packageName}-compiler-plugin:build"
+test.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
+
 build.dependsOn "generatePomFileForMavenPublication"
 build.dependsOn ":${packageName}-compiler-plugin:build"
 build.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a71e9eef..e7a61628 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "${githubSpotbugsVersion}"
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "${githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion}"
-    id "de.undercouch.download" version "${underCouchDownloadVersion}"
-    id "net.researchgate.release" version "${researchgateReleaseVersion}"
+    id "com.github.spotbugs"
+    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
+    id "de.undercouch.download"
+    id "net.researchgate.release"
 }
 
 description = 'Ballerina - Persist'
@@ -67,8 +67,15 @@ allprojects {
 subprojects {
 
     configurations {
-        externalJars
         ballerinaStdLibs
+        jbalTools
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        /* JBallerina Tools */
+        jbalTools ("org.ballerinalang:jballerina-tools:${ballerinaLangVersion}") {
+            transitive = false
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler-plugin-test/build.gradle b/compiler-plugin-test/build.gradle
index 6f2ad6b2..79a84fb1 100644
--- a/compiler-plugin-test/build.gradle
+++ b/compiler-plugin-test/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def ballerinaDist = "${project.rootDir}/target/ballerina-runtime"
 
 dependencies {
     checkstyle project(':checkstyle')
-    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstylePluginVersion}"
     implementation project(":persist-compiler-plugin")
     testImplementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-lang', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
     testImplementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-tools-api', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    toolVersion "${project.puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    toolVersion "${project.checkstylePluginVersion}"
     configFile rootProject.file("build-config/checkstyle/build/checkstyle.xml")
     configProperties = ["suppressionFile": file("${rootDir}/build-config/checkstyle/build/suppressions.xml")]
 }
diff --git a/compiler-plugin/build.gradle b/compiler-plugin/build.gradle
index 9ebc4fb6..35d81970 100644
--- a/compiler-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/compiler-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ description = 'Ballerina - Persist Compiler Plugin'
 
 dependencies {
     checkstyle project(':checkstyle')
-    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstylePluginVersion}"
 
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-lang', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-tools-api', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    toolVersion "${project.puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    toolVersion "${project.checkstylePluginVersion}"
     configFile rootProject.file("build-config/checkstyle/build/checkstyle.xml")
     configProperties = ["suppressionFile": file("${rootDir}/build-config/checkstyle/build/suppressions.xml")]
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 35f39913..3d8ca68a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 group=io.ballerina.stdlib
 version=1.5.0-SNAPSHOT
 
-puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion=10.12.0
-checkstyleToolVersion=7.8.2
-githubSpotbugsVersion=6.0.18
-githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion=7.1.2
-underCouchDownloadVersion=5.4.0
-researchgateReleaseVersion=2.8.0
+checkstylePluginVersion=10.12.0
+spotbugsPluginVersion=6.0.18
+shadowJarPluginVersion=7.1.2
+downloadPluginVersion=5.4.0
+releasePluginVersion=2.8.0
 testngVersion=7.6.1
 gsonVersion=2.10.1
-ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.0.1
+ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.3.0
 
 ballerinaLangVersion=2201.11.0-20250127-101700-a4b67fe5
 
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
index 8e1c7581..5dfcb28b 100644
--- a/native/build.gradle
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies {
     jacocoRuntime "org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:${jacoco.toolVersion}:runtime"
 
     checkstyle project(":checkstyle")
-    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstylePluginVersion}"
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-lang', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-runtime', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
 }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ task validateSpotbugs() {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    toolVersion "${checkstyleToolVersion}"
+    toolVersion "${checkstylePluginVersion}"
     configFile file("${rootDir}/build-config/checkstyle/build/checkstyle.xml")
     configProperties = ["suppressionFile": file("${rootDir}/build-config/checkstyle/build/suppressions.xml")]
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index a5c9992d..985ead60 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@
  * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/6.3/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
  */
 
+pluginManagement {
+    plugins {
+        id "com.github.spotbugs" version "${spotbugsPluginVersion}"
+        id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "${shadowJarPluginVersion}"
+        id "de.undercouch.download" version "${downloadPluginVersion}"
+        id "net.researchgate.release" version "${releasePluginVersion}"
+        id "io.ballerina.plugin" version "${ballerinaGradlePluginVersion}"
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        maven {
+            url = 'https://maven.pkg.github.com/ballerina-platform/*'
+            credentials {
+                username System.getenv("packageUser")
+                password System.getenv("packagePAT")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
     id "com.gradle.enterprise" version "3.13.2"
 }