diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
index 6908ca0b..c7cdff55 100644
--- a/ballerina/build.gradle
+++ b/ballerina/build.gradle
@@ -17,23 +17,10 @@
 
 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'
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'io.ballerina.plugin'
-
 description = 'Ballerina - I/O Ballerina Generator'
 
 def packageName = "io"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 83fc007c..b7f8c59c 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"
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
+subprojects {
+    configurations {
+        jbalTools
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        /* JBallerina Tools */
+        jbalTools ("org.ballerinalang:jballerina-tools:${ballerinaLangVersion}") {
+            transitive = false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 def moduleVersion = project.version.replace("-SNAPSHOT", "")
 
 release {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index fc83cffc..2bdcb98b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ org.gradle.caching=true
 group=io.ballerina.stdlib
 version=1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
 ballerinaLangVersion=2201.11.0-20250127-101700-a4b67fe5
-puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion=10.12.0
 testngVersion=7.6.1
 slf4jVersion=1.7.30
 jacocoVersion=0.8.10
-githubSpotbugsVersion=6.0.18
-githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion=8.1.1
-underCouchDownloadVersion=5.4.0
-researchgateReleaseVersion=2.8.0
+spotbugsPluginVersion=6.0.18
+shadowJarPluginVersion=8.1.1
+downloadPluginVersion=5.4.0
+releasePluginVersion=2.8.0
 checkstyleToolVersion=10.12.0
-ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.0.1
+ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.3.0
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
index 943e79cb..36b219ff 100644
--- a/native/build.gradle
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.9'
     implementation 'org.testng:testng:7.6.1'
     checkstyle project(":checkstyle")
-    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstyleToolVersion}"
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 8424c30e..074298cc 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"
 }
diff --git a/test-utils/build.gradle b/test-utils/build.gradle
index 5ffd9e66..58748764 100644
--- a/test-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/test-utils/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(":io-native")
 
     checkstyle project(":checkstyle")
-    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion}"
+    checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstyleToolVersion}"
 }
 
 spotbugsMain {