diff --git a/codegen/build.gradle.kts b/codegen/build.gradle.kts
index 7bc695f061bf..2649f48ef780 100644
--- a/codegen/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/codegen/build.gradle.kts
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ subprojects {
          * ====================================================
          */
         apply(plugin = "checkstyle")
+        checkstyle {
+            configFile = File("${project.rootDir}/gradleConfig/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml")
+        }
 
         tasks["checkstyleTest"].enabled = false
 
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ subprojects {
         // Configure the bug filter for spotbugs.
         spotbugs {
             setEffort("max")
-            val excludeFile = File("${project.rootDir}/config/spotbugs/filter.xml")
+            val excludeFile = File("${project.rootDir}/gradleConfig/spotbugs/filter.xml")
             if (excludeFile.exists()) {
                 excludeFilter.set(excludeFile)
             }
@@ -250,6 +253,7 @@ subprojects {
  */
 jreleaser {
     dryrun = false
+    gitRootSearch = true
 
     // Used for creating a tagged release, uploading files and generating changelog.
     // In the future we can set this up to push release tags to GitHub, but for now it's
diff --git a/codegen/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/codegen/gradleConfig/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from codegen/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
rename to codegen/gradleConfig/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
diff --git a/codegen/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/codegen/gradleConfig/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from codegen/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
rename to codegen/gradleConfig/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
diff --git a/codegen/config/spotbugs/filter.xml b/codegen/gradleConfig/spotbugs/filter.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from codegen/config/spotbugs/filter.xml
rename to codegen/gradleConfig/spotbugs/filter.xml