diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 22383a2ff..9869bd429 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,19 +20,15 @@ plugins {
 allprojects {
     buildscript {
         repositories {
-            mavenCentral()
             mavenLocal()
+            mavenCentral()
         }
     }
 
     repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
         mavenCentral()
         google()
-        mavenLocal {
-            content {
-                includeGroup("com.expediagroup")
-            }
-        }
     }
 }

diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 314ccfb8c..ee33f75bc 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

 # dependencies
 kotlinJvmVersion = 1.8
-kotlinVersion = 1.6.21
+kotlinVersion = <kotlin_version>
 kotlinCoroutinesVersion = 1.6.4
 # kotlinx-serialization 1.3.3 calls Kotlin 1.7 API
 kotlinxSerializationVersion = 1.3.2
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index f6fa7cee5..5bbb4828a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ pluginManagement {
     val pluginPublishPluginVersion: String by settings
     val springBootVersion: String by settings
 
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+
     plugins {
         kotlin("jvm") version kotlinVersion
         kotlin("kapt") version kotlinVersion