diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8c826f0..d045445 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.17"
     id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.14"
     id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "1.13.1"
+    id("org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl") version "1.4.9" apply false
     id("com.gradle.plugin-publish") version "1.2.1" apply false
 }
 
diff --git a/sonar/build.gradle.kts b/sonar/build.gradle.kts
index 1759e94..01009f9 100644
--- a/sonar/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sonar/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.4.20"
+    kotlin("jvm")
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.9.10"
 }
+apply(plugin = "org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl")
 
 description = "Configures sonar for multi project setups for all jvm languages"
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation(gradleApi())
-    implementation(gradleKotlinDsl())
     implementation( "org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle", "sonarqube-gradle-plugin", "4.4.1.3373")
 }
 
diff --git a/sonatype/build.gradle.kts b/sonatype/build.gradle.kts
index 9aed682..16c37f6 100644
--- a/sonatype/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sonatype/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.4.20"
+    kotlin("jvm")
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.9.10"
 }
+apply(plugin = "org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl")
 
 description = "Sets up nexusPublish and closeAndReleaseRepository tasks to push to sonatype (and later synced to central)"
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation(gradleApi())
-    implementation(gradleKotlinDsl())
     implementation("au.com.console:kassava:1.0.0")
     implementation("io.codearte.gradle.nexus", "gradle-nexus-staging-plugin", "0.30.0")
     implementation("de.marcphilipp.gradle", "nexus-publish-plugin", "0.4.0")