diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
index d15c443..9753b50 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 - Time Ballerina Generator'
@@ -54,8 +43,6 @@ def stripBallerinaExtensionVersion(String extVersion) {
     }
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'io.ballerina.plugin'
-
 ballerina {
     packageOrganization = packageOrg
     module = packageName
@@ -104,6 +91,8 @@ publishing {
 
 updateTomlFiles.dependsOn unpackJballerinaTools
 
+test.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
+
 build.dependsOn "generatePomFileForMavenPublication"
 build.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
 build.dependsOn unpackJballerinaTools
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 85d5f27..eec5dd0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
  */
 
 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"
 }
 
 ext.ballerinaLangVersion = project.ballerinaLangVersion
-ext.puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion = project.puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion
+ext.checkstylePluginVersion = project.checkstylePluginVersion
 
 allprojects {
     group = project.group
@@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
+subprojects {
+    configurations {
+        ballerinaStdLibs
+        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 26ae25e..469f9eb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ org.gradle.caching=true
 group=io.ballerina.stdlib
 version=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 ballerinaLangVersion=2201.11.0-20250127-101700-a4b67fe5
-githubSpotbugsVersion=6.0.18
-githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion=8.1.1
-underCouchDownloadVersion=5.4.0
-researchgateReleaseVersion=2.8.0
-puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion=10.12.0
-ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.0.1
+
+spotbugsPluginVersion=6.0.18
+shadowJarPluginVersion=8.1.1
+downloadPluginVersion=5.4.0
+releasePluginVersion=2.8.0
+checkstylePluginVersion=10.12.0
+ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.3.0
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
index 5338537..edb92a7 100644
--- a/native/build.gradle
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ description = 'Ballerina - Time 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}"
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    toolVersion '10.12.0'
+    toolVersion "${checkstylePluginVersion}"
     configFile rootProject.file("build-config/checkstyle/build/checkstyle.xml")
     configProperties = ["suppressionFile" : file("${rootDir}/build-config/checkstyle/build/suppressions.xml")]
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 06bbbb8..7dc5076 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,28 @@
  * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
  * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/6.4/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"
 }