diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 99046ee3f71c..b9cbd0a0de9c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ repositories {
 ext["jackson.version"] = fasterxml_version
 ext["junit-jupiter.version"] = junit_version
 
+ext { qDox = "com.thoughtworks.qdox:qdox:2.1.0" }
+ext { springBootStarterWeb = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:${spring_boot_version}" }
+
 dependencies {
 
     // Note: jenkins-client is not well maintained and includes dependencies to libraries with critical security issues (e.g. CVE-2020-10683 for dom4j@1.6.1)
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ dependencies {
         }
     }
 
-    implementation "com.thoughtworks.qdox:qdox:2.1.0"
+    implementation qDox
     implementation "io.sentry:sentry-logback:${sentry_version}"
     implementation "io.sentry:sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta:${sentry_version}"
 
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:${spring_boot_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:${spring_boot_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:${spring_boot_version}"
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:${spring_boot_version}") {
+    implementation(springBootStarterWeb) {
         exclude module: "spring-boot-starter-undertow"
     }
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat:${spring_boot_version}"
diff --git a/supporting_scripts/analysis-of-endpoint-connections/build.gradle b/supporting_scripts/analysis-of-endpoint-connections/build.gradle
index d511ac449862..36c1ec3db4da 100644
--- a/supporting_scripts/analysis-of-endpoint-connections/build.gradle
+++ b/supporting_scripts/analysis-of-endpoint-connections/build.gradle
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
+evaluationDependsOn(':')
+
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.thoughtworks.qdox:qdox:2.0-M9'
-    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:${spring_boot_version}"
+    implementation rootProject.ext.qDox
+    implementation rootProject.ext.springBootStarterWeb
 }
 
 test {