diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle.kts b/gradle/versions.gradle.kts
index 7de8cb4df95..108e8e0287d 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle.kts
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import java.util.*
 import java.io.*
 
-var propertiesFile: File = rootProject.file("gradle/versions.properties")
-if (!propertiesFile.exists()) {
-    //work-around for buildSrc
-    propertiesFile = rootProject.file("../gradle/versions.properties")
-}
+val scriptDirectory: File = File(buildscript.sourceURI!!.rawPath).parentFile
+val propertiesFile: File = File(scriptDirectory , "versions.properties")
 
 FileReader(propertiesFile).use {
     val properties = Properties()
diff --git a/gradle/versions.properties b/gradle/versions.properties
index cc2075076c7..28d373d2ac8 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.properties
+++ b/gradle/versions.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 versions.intellijSdk=191.6707.61
 versions.androidBuildTools=r23.0.1
+versions.androidDxSources=5.0.0_r2
 versions.idea.NodeJS=181.3494.12
 versions.jar.asm-all=7.0.1
 versions.jar.guava=25.1-jre