diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
index 783835b..ba00d34 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 - Ballerina Crypto'
@@ -54,8 +43,6 @@ def stripBallerinaExtensionVersion(String extVersion) {
     }
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'io.ballerina.plugin'
-
 ballerina {
     packageOrganization = packageOrg
     module = packageName
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index be8428c..0dd666a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,18 +16,12 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "${githubSpotbugsVersion}"
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "${githubShadowVersion}"
-    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"
 }
 
-ext.puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion = project.puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion
-ext.bouncycastleVersion = project.bouncycastleVersion
-ext.ballerinaLangVersion = project.ballerinaLangVersion
-ext.stdlibTimeVersion = project.stdlibTimeVersion
-ext.stdlibIoVersion = project.stdlibIoVersion
-
 allprojects {
     group = project.group
     version = project.version
@@ -65,8 +59,14 @@ subprojects {
 
     configurations {
         ballerinaStdLibs
+        jbalTools
     }
     dependencies {
+        /* JBallerina Tools */
+        jbalTools ("org.ballerinalang:jballerina-tools:${ballerinaLangVersion}") {
+            transitive = false
+        }
+
         /* Standard libraries */
         ballerinaStdLibs "io.ballerina.stdlib:time-ballerina:${stdlibTimeVersion}"
         ballerinaStdLibs "io.ballerina.stdlib:io-ballerina:${stdlibIoVersion}"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7b24caa..67a7b78 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 org.gradle.caching=true
 group=io.ballerina.stdlib
 version=2.8.0-SNAPSHOT
-puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion=10.12.0
+checkstylePluginVersion=10.12.0
 bouncycastleVersion=1.78
-githubSpotbugsVersion=6.0.18
-githubShadowVersion=7.1.2
-undercouchDownloadVersion=5.4.0
-researchgateReleaseVersion=2.8.0
-ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.0.1
+spotbugsPluginVersion=6.0.18
+shadowJarPluginVersion=7.1.2
+downloadPluginVersion=5.4.0
+releasePluginVersion=2.8.0
+ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.3.0
 nativeImageVersion=22.2.0
 
 ballerinaLangVersion=2201.11.0-20250127-101700-a4b67fe5
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
index 55e1105..4c7a24b 100644
--- a/native/build.gradle
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ description = 'Ballerina - Crypto Java Utils'
 
 dependencies {
     checkstyle project(':checkstyle')
-    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstylePluginVersion}"
 
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-runtime', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
     implementation group: 'io.ballerina.stdlib', name: 'time-native', version: "${stdlibTimeVersion}"
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 40d2087..2dfaa98 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 "3.2"
 }