diff --git a/gae-interop-testing/gae-jdk8/build.gradle b/gae-interop-testing/gae-jdk8/build.gradle
index 03d603bd3c..78cadc6058 100644
--- a/gae-interop-testing/gae-jdk8/build.gradle
+++ b/gae-interop-testing/gae-jdk8/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ buildscript {
             url "https://maven-central.storage-download.googleapis.com/maven2/" }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-gradle-plugin:2.3.0'
         classpath 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.7.4'
     }
 }
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ plugins {
     id "war"
 
     id "ru.vyarus.animalsniffer"
+    id 'com.google.cloud.tools.appengine' version '2.3.0'
 }
 
 description = 'gRPC: gae interop testing (jdk8)'
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 2bce28fc22..2d2c65c897 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -3,20 +3,24 @@ pluginManagement {
         id "com.android.application" version "7.4.0"
         id "com.android.library" version "7.4.0"
         id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "7.1.2"
-        id "com.github.kt3k.coveralls" version "2.12.0"
+        id "com.github.kt3k.coveralls" version "2.12.2"
+        id "com.google.cloud.tools.appengine" version "2.4.4"
         id "com.google.cloud.tools.jib" version "3.3.1"
-        id "com.google.osdetector" version "1.7.1"
-        id "com.google.protobuf" version "0.9.1"
-        id "me.champeau.gradle.japicmp" version "0.3.0"
-        id "me.champeau.jmh" version "0.6.8"
-        id "net.ltgt.errorprone" version "3.0.1"
-        id "ru.vyarus.animalsniffer" version "1.6.0"
+        id "com.google.osdetector" version "1.7.3"
+        id "com.google.protobuf" version "0.9.3"
+        id "me.champeau.gradle.japicmp" version "0.4.1"
+        id "me.champeau.jmh" version "0.7.1"
+        id "net.ltgt.errorprone" version "3.1.0"
+        id "ru.vyarus.animalsniffer" version "1.7.0"
     }
     resolutionStrategy {
         eachPlugin {
             if (target.id.namespace == "com.android") {
                 useModule("com.android.tools.build:gradle:${target.version}")
             }
+            if (requested.id.id.startsWith('com.google.cloud.tools.appengine')) {
+                useModule("com.google.cloud.tools:appengine-gradle-plugin:${requested.version}")
+            }
         }
     }
     repositories {