diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
index 38c9c8c80fe..ce08cbde17c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ val kotlinGradlePluginAndItsRequired = arrayOf(
     ":kotlin-scripting-jvm",
     ":kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable",
     ":kotlin-scripting-compiler-impl-embeddable",
+    ":kotlin-serialization",
     ":kotlin-test-js-runner",
     ":native:kotlin-klib-commonizer-embeddable",
     ":native:kotlin-klib-commonizer-api"
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts
index 64de826189e..833b662804c 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fun Test.includeNative(include: Boolean) {
 }
 
 fun Test.advanceGradleVersion() {
-    val gradleVersionForTests = "7.0-milestone-3"
+    val gradleVersionForTests = "7.0-rc-1"
     systemProperty("kotlin.gradle.version.for.tests", gradleVersionForTests)
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl.def b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl.def
index 647cf9ff8bc..648c1b28fdf 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl.def
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl.def
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ headerFilter = curl/*
 compilerOpts = -Ilibs/include
 
 linkerOpts.osx = -L/opt/local/lib -L/usr/local/opt/curl/lib -lcurl
-linkerOpts.linux = -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lcurl
+linkerOpts.linux = -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib64 -lcurl
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl2.def b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl2.def
index 647cf9ff8bc..648c1b28fdf 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl2.def
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/commonizeCurlInterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/curl2.def
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ headerFilter = curl/*
 compilerOpts = -Ilibs/include
 
 linkerOpts.osx = -L/opt/local/lib -L/usr/local/opt/curl/lib -lcurl
-linkerOpts.linux = -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lcurl
+linkerOpts.linux = -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib64 -lcurl