diff --git a/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle b/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle
index 89b870be91..a72aa0793a 100644
--- a/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle
+++ b/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 description = 'e2e benchmark'
 
diff --git a/benchmark-integration/benchmark-integration.gradle b/benchmark-integration/benchmark-integration.gradle
index eb63a2355f..a88d834973 100644
--- a/benchmark-integration/benchmark-integration.gradle
+++ b/benchmark-integration/benchmark-integration.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 description = 'Integration Level Agent benchmarks.'
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
 subprojects { sub ->
   sub.apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
-  sub.apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+  sub.apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
   javadoc.enabled = false
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.gradle b/benchmark/benchmark.gradle
index 1991220a9d..1edcb97d53 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.gradle
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
   id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   jmh platform(project(":dependencyManagement"))
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index b81cce1c98..b672e266d2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.ow2.asm:asm:7.0-beta")
   implementation("org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:7.0-beta")
   implementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.10")
+  implementation("org.gradle:test-retry-gradle-plugin:1.2.1")
   // When updating, also update dependencyManagement/dependencyManagement.gradle.kts
   implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-gradle-plugin:1.11.2")
+  implementation("net.ltgt.gradle:gradle-errorprone-plugin:2.0.1")
 
   testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.1")
   testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.1")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27eb6f9fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+import java.time.Duration
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
+
+plugins {
+  `java-library`
+  groovy
+
+  id("org.gradle.test-retry")
+  id("net.ltgt.errorprone")
+}
+
+apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/spotless.gradle")
+apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/codenarc.gradle")
+apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/checkstyle.gradle")
+
+afterEvaluate {
+  if (findProperty("mavenGroupId") == "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation") {
+    base.archivesBaseName = "opentelemetry-javaagent-${base.archivesBaseName}"
+  } else {
+    base.archivesBaseName = "opentelemetry-${base.archivesBaseName}"
+  }
+}
+
+// Version to use to compile code and run tests.
+val DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+
+val applyCodeCoverage = !project.path.run {
+  startsWith(":smoke-tests") ||
+    startsWith(":benchmark") ||
+    startsWith(":instrumentation") ||
+    startsWith(":testing-common")
+}
+
+if (applyCodeCoverage) {
+  apply(from = "${rootDir}/gradle/jacoco.gradle")
+}
+
+val minJavaVersionSupported = project.findProperty("minJavaVersionSupported")?.let(JavaVersion::toVersion)
+  ?: JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+val maxJavaVersionForTests = project.findProperty("maxJavaVersionForTests")?.let(JavaVersion::toVersion)
+
+java {
+  toolchain {
+    languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(
+      Math.max(minJavaVersionSupported.majorVersion.toInt(), DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION.majorVersion.toInt())))
+  }
+
+  // See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_5.html, Automatic target JVM version
+  disableAutoTargetJvm()
+  withJavadocJar()
+  withSourcesJar()
+}
+
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+  with(options) {
+    release.set(minJavaVersionSupported.majorVersion.toInt())
+    compilerArgs.add("-Werror")
+  }
+}
+
+// Groovy and Scala compilers don't actually understand --release option
+tasks.withType<GroovyCompile>().configureEach {
+  sourceCompatibility = minJavaVersionSupported.majorVersion
+  targetCompatibility = minJavaVersionSupported.majorVersion
+}
+tasks.withType<ScalaCompile>().configureEach {
+  sourceCompatibility = minJavaVersionSupported.majorVersion
+  targetCompatibility = minJavaVersionSupported.majorVersion
+}
+
+evaluationDependsOn(":dependencyManagement")
+val dependencyManagementConf = configurations.create("dependencyManagement") {
+  isCanBeConsumed = false
+  isCanBeResolved = false
+  isVisible = false
+}
+afterEvaluate {
+  configurations.configureEach {
+    if (isCanBeResolved && !isCanBeConsumed) {
+      extendsFrom(dependencyManagementConf)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Force 4.0, or 4.1 to the highest version of that branch. Since 4.0 and 4.1 often have
+// compatibility issues we can't just force to the highest version using normal BOM dependencies.
+abstract class NettyAlignmentRule : ComponentMetadataRule {
+  override fun execute(ctx: ComponentMetadataContext) {
+    with(ctx.details) {
+      if (id.group == "io.netty" && id.name != "netty") {
+        if (id.version.startsWith("4.1.")) {
+          belongsTo("io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.65.Final", false)
+        } else if (id.version.startsWith("4.0.")) {
+          belongsTo("io.netty:netty-bom:4.0.56.Final", false)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  add(dependencyManagementConf.name, platform(project(":dependencyManagement")))
+
+  components.all<NettyAlignmentRule>()
+
+  compileOnly("org.checkerframework:checker-qual")
+
+  testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api")
+  testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params")
+  testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine")
+  testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine")
+
+  testImplementation("org.objenesis:objenesis")
+  testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core")
+  testImplementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic")
+  testImplementation("org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j")
+  testImplementation("org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j")
+  testImplementation("org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j")
+  testImplementation("info.solidsoft.spock:spock-global-unroll")
+  testImplementation("com.github.stefanbirkner:system-rules")
+}
+
+tasks {
+  named<Jar>("jar") {
+    // By default Gradle Jar task can put multiple files with the same name
+    // into a Jar. This may lead to confusion. For example if auto-service
+    // annotation processing creates files with same name in `scala` and
+    // `java` directory this would result in Jar having two files with the
+    // same name in it. Which in turn would result in only one of those
+    // files being actually considered when that Jar is used leading to very
+    // confusing failures. Instead we should 'fail early' and avoid building such Jars.
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.FAIL
+
+    manifest {
+      attributes(
+        "Implementation-Title" to project.name,
+        "Implementation-Version" to project.version,
+        "Implementation-Vendor" to "OpenTelemetry",
+        "Implementation-URL" to "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation"
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  named<Javadoc>("javadoc") {
+    with(options as StandardJavadocDocletOptions) {
+      source = "8"
+      encoding = "UTF-8"
+      docEncoding = "UTF-8"
+      charSet = "UTF-8"
+      breakIterator(true)
+
+      links("https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/")
+
+      addStringOption("Xdoclint:none", "-quiet")
+      // non-standard option to fail on warnings, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200363
+      addStringOption("Xwerror", "-quiet")
+    }
+  }
+
+  withType<AbstractArchiveTask>().configureEach {
+    isPreserveFileTimestamps = false
+    isReproducibleFileOrder = true
+  }
+}
+
+normalization {
+  runtimeClasspath {
+    metaInf {
+      ignoreAttribute("Implementation-Version")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fun isJavaVersionAllowed(version: JavaVersion): Boolean {
+  if (minJavaVersionSupported.compareTo(version) > 0) {
+    return false
+  }
+  if (maxJavaVersionForTests != null && maxJavaVersionForTests.compareTo(version) < 0) {
+    return false
+  }
+  return true
+}
+
+val testJavaVersion = rootProject.findProperty("testJavaVersion")?.let(JavaVersion::toVersion)
+val resourceClassesCsv = listOf("Host", "Os", "Process", "ProcessRuntime").map { "io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.resources.${it}ResourceProvider" }.joinToString(",")
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+  useJUnitPlatform()
+
+  // There's no real harm in setting this for all tests even if any happen to not be using context
+  // propagation.
+  jvmArgs("-Dio.opentelemetry.context.enableStrictContext=${rootProject.findProperty("enableStrictContext") ?: false}")
+  // TODO(anuraaga): Have agent map unshaded to shaded.
+  jvmArgs("-Dio.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.io.opentelemetry.context.enableStrictContext=${rootProject.findProperty("enableStrictContext") ?: false}")
+
+  // Disable default resource providers since they cause lots of output we don't need.
+  jvmArgs("-Dotel.java.disabled.resource.providers=${resourceClassesCsv}")
+
+  val trustStore = project(":testing-common").file("src/misc/testing-keystore.p12")
+  inputs.file(trustStore)
+  // Work around payara not working when this is set for some reason.
+  if (project.name != "jaxrs-2.0-payara-testing") {
+    jvmArgs("-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${trustStore.absolutePath}")
+    jvmArgs("-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=testing")
+  }
+
+  // All tests must complete within 15 minutes.
+  // This value is quite big because with lower values (3 mins) we were experiencing large number of false positives
+  timeout.set(Duration.ofMinutes(15))
+
+  retry {
+    // You can see tests that were retried by this mechanism in the collected test reports and build scans.
+    maxRetries.set(if (System.getenv("CI") != null) 5 else 0)
+  }
+
+  reports {
+    junitXml.isOutputPerTestCase = true
+  }
+
+  testLogging {
+    exceptionFormat = TestExceptionFormat.FULL
+  }
+
+  if (testJavaVersion != null) {
+    javaLauncher.set(javaToolchains.launcherFor {
+      languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(testJavaVersion.majorVersion))
+    })
+    isEnabled = isJavaVersionAllowed(testJavaVersion)
+  } else {
+    // We default to testing with Java 11 for most tests, but some tests don't support it, where we change
+    // the default test task's version so commands like `./gradlew check` can test all projects regardless
+    // of Java version.
+    if (!isJavaVersionAllowed(DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION) && maxJavaVersionForTests != null) {
+      javaLauncher.set(javaToolchains.launcherFor {
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(maxJavaVersionForTests.majorVersion))
+      })
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+afterEvaluate {
+  if (plugins.hasPlugin("org.unbroken-dome.test-sets") && configurations.findByName("latestDepTestRuntime") != null) {
+    tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+      doFirst {
+        val testArtifacts = configurations.testRuntimeClasspath.get().resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts
+        val latestTestArtifacts = configurations.getByName("latestDepTestRuntimeClasspath").resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts
+        if (testArtifacts == latestTestArtifacts) {
+          throw IllegalStateException("latestDepTest dependencies are identical to test")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docs/contributing/writing-instrumentation.md b/docs/contributing/writing-instrumentation.md
index 2c6fb7fb49..0be2124a9b 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/writing-instrumentation.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/writing-instrumentation.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ from instrumented server or library will be used.
 
 Create a module called `compile-stub` and add `compile-stub.gradle` with following content
 ```
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 ```
 In javaagent module add compile only dependency with
 ```
diff --git a/gradle/instrumentation-library.gradle b/gradle/instrumentation-library.gradle
index 1a58717493..5cfd365f58 100644
--- a/gradle/instrumentation-library.gradle
+++ b/gradle/instrumentation-library.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/instrumentation-common.gradle"
 
diff --git a/gradle/instrumentation.gradle b/gradle/instrumentation.gradle
index c82ef9e76b..a76e285cdb 100644
--- a/gradle/instrumentation.gradle
+++ b/gradle/instrumentation.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ext {
   noShadowPublish = true
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 if (project.ext.find("skipPublish") != true) {
   apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 }
diff --git a/gradle/java.gradle b/gradle/java.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 77488f00ab..0000000000
--- a/gradle/java.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-import java.time.Duration
-
-apply plugin: 'java-library'
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'org.gradle.test-retry'
-apply plugin: 'net.ltgt.errorprone'
-
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/spotless.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/codenarc.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/checkstyle.gradle"
-
-afterEvaluate {
-  if (findProperty('mavenGroupId') == 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation') {
-    archivesBaseName = 'opentelemetry-javaagent-' + archivesBaseName
-  } else {
-    archivesBaseName = 'opentelemetry-' + archivesBaseName
-  }
-}
-
-// Version to use to compile code and run tests.
-def DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION = 11
-
-def applyCodeCoverage = !(
-  project.path.startsWith(":smoke-tests") ||
-    //TODO why some tests fail on java 11 if jacoco is present?
-    project.path == ":javaagent" ||
-    project.path.startsWith(":benchmark") ||
-    project.path.startsWith(":instrumentation") ||
-    project.path.startsWith(":testing-common"))
-
-if (applyCodeCoverage) {
-  apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/jacoco.gradle"
-}
-
-if (project.hasProperty("minJavaVersionSupported")) {
-  project.ext.release = project.getProperty("minJavaVersionSupported")
-} else {
-  project.ext.release = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-}
-
-java {
-  toolchain {
-    languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(Math.max(project.ext.release.majorVersion.toInteger(), DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION))
-  }
-
-  // See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_5.html, Automatic target JVM version
-  disableAutoTargetJvm()
-  withJavadocJar()
-  withSourcesJar()
-}
-
-tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-  options.release.set(project.ext.release.majorVersion.toInteger())
-  options.compilerArgs.add("-Werror")
-}
-//Groovy and Scala compilers don't actually understand --release option
-tasks.withType(GroovyCompile).configureEach {
-  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(project.ext.release)
-  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(project.ext.release)
-}
-tasks.withType(ScalaCompile).configureEach {
-  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(project.ext.release)
-  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(project.ext.release)
-}
-
-evaluationDependsOn(":dependencyManagement")
-configurations {
-  dependencyManagement {
-    canBeConsumed = false
-    canBeResolved = false
-    visible = false
-  }
-}
-afterEvaluate {
-  configurations.configureEach {
-    if (canBeResolved && !canBeConsumed) {
-      extendsFrom(configurations.dependencyManagement)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// Force 4.0, or 4.1 to the highest version of that branch. Since 4.0 and 4.1 often have
-// compatibility issues we can't just force to the highest version using normal BOM dependencies.
-abstract class NettyAlignmentRule implements ComponentMetadataRule {
-  void execute(ComponentMetadataContext ctx) {
-    ctx.details.with {
-      if (id.group == "io.netty" && id.name != "netty") {
-        if (id.version.startsWith("4.1.")) {
-          belongsTo("io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.65.Final", false)
-        } else if (id.version.startsWith("4.0.")) {
-          belongsTo("io.netty:netty-bom:4.0.56.Final", false)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  dependencyManagement platform(project(":dependencyManagement"))
-
-  components.all(NettyAlignmentRule)
-
-  compileOnly "org.checkerframework:checker-qual"
-
-  testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api"
-  testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params"
-  testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine"
-  testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine"
-
-  testImplementation "org.objenesis:objenesis"
-  testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core"
-  testImplementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic"
-  testImplementation "org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j"
-  testImplementation "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j"
-  testImplementation "org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j"
-  testImplementation "info.solidsoft.spock:spock-global-unroll"
-  testImplementation "com.github.stefanbirkner:system-rules"
-}
-
-tasks.named('jar').configure {
-  /*
-  Make Jar build fail on duplicate files
-
-  By default Gradle Jar task can put multiple files with the same name
-  into a Jar. This may lead to confusion. For example if auto-service
-  annotation processing creates files with same name in `scala` and
-  `java` directory this would result in Jar having two files with the
-  same name in it. Which in turn would result in only one of those
-  files being actually considered when that Jar is used leading to very
-  confusing failures.
-
-  Instead we should 'fail early' and avoid building such Jars.
-  */
-  duplicatesStrategy = 'fail'
-
-  manifest {
-    attributes(
-      "Implementation-Title": project.name,
-      "Implementation-Version": project.version,
-      "Implementation-Vendor": "OpenTelemetry",
-      "Implementation-URL": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation",
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-normalization {
-  runtimeClasspath {
-    metaInf {
-      ignoreAttribute("Implementation-Version")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-tasks.named('javadoc').configure {
-  options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-  // non-standard option to fail on warnings, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200363
-  options.addStringOption('Xwerror', '-quiet')
-
-  doFirst {
-    if (project.ext.has("apiLinks")) {
-      options.links(*project.apiLinks)
-    }
-  }
-  source = sourceSets.main.allJava
-  classpath = configurations.compileClasspath
-
-  options {
-    encoding = "utf-8"
-    docEncoding = "utf-8"
-    charSet = "utf-8"
-
-    setMemberLevel JavadocMemberLevel.PUBLIC
-    setAuthor true
-
-    links "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/"
-    source = 8
-  }
-}
-
-project.afterEvaluate {
-  if (project.plugins.hasPlugin('org.unbroken-dome.test-sets') && configurations.hasProperty("latestDepTestRuntime")) {
-    tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-      doFirst {
-        def testArtifacts = configurations.testRuntimeClasspath.resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts
-        def latestTestArtifacts = configurations.latestDepTestRuntimeClasspath.resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts
-        assert testArtifacts != latestTestArtifacts: "latestDepTest dependencies are identical to test"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-def isJavaVersionAllowed(JavaVersion version) {
-  if (project.hasProperty('minJavaVersionSupported') && project.getProperty('minJavaVersionSupported').compareTo(version) > 0) {
-    return false
-  }
-  if (project.hasProperty('maxJavaVersionForTests') && project.getProperty('maxJavaVersionForTests').compareTo(version) < 0) {
-    return false
-  }
-  return true
-}
-
-def testJavaVersion = rootProject.findProperty('testJavaVersion')
-if (testJavaVersion != null) {
-  def requestedJavaVersion = JavaVersion.toVersion(testJavaVersion)
-  tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-    javaLauncher = javaToolchains.launcherFor {
-      languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(requestedJavaVersion.majorVersion)
-    }
-    enabled = isJavaVersionAllowed(requestedJavaVersion)
-  }
-} else {
-  // We default to testing with Java 11 for most tests, but some tests don't support it, where we change
-  // the default test task's version so commands like `./gradlew check` can test all projects regardless
-  // of Java version.
-  if (!isJavaVersionAllowed(JavaVersion.toVersion(DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION))) {
-    tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-      javaLauncher = javaToolchains.launcherFor {
-        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(project.getProperty('maxJavaVersionForTests').majorVersion)
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-  useJUnitPlatform()
-
-  // All tests must complete within 15 minutes.
-  // This value is quite big because with lower values (3 mins) we were experiencing large number of false positives
-  timeout = Duration.ofMinutes(15)
-
-  retry {
-    // You can see tests that were retried by this mechanism in the collected test reports and build scans.
-    maxRetries = System.getenv("CI") != null ? 5 : 0
-  }
-
-  reports {
-    junitXml.outputPerTestCase = true
-  }
-
-  testLogging {
-    exceptionFormat = 'full'
-  }
-
-  // There's no real harm in setting this for all tests even if any happen to not be using context
-  // propagation.
-  jvmArgs "-Dio.opentelemetry.context.enableStrictContext=${rootProject.findProperty('enableStrictContext') ?: false}"
-  // TODO(anuraaga): Have agent map unshaded to shaded.
-  jvmArgs "-Dio.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.io.opentelemetry.context.enableStrictContext=${rootProject.findProperty('enableStrictContext') ?: false}"
-
-  def trustStore = project(":testing-common").file("src/misc/testing-keystore.p12")
-  inputs.file(trustStore)
-  // Work around payara not working when this is set for some reason.
-  if (project.name != "jaxrs-2.0-payara-testing") {
-    jvmArgs "-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${trustStore.absolutePath}"
-    jvmArgs "-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=testing"
-  }
-
-  def resourceClassesCsv = ['Host', 'Os', 'Process', 'ProcessRuntime'].collect { "io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.resources.${it}ResourceProvider" }.join(",")
-  jvmArgs "-Dotel.java.disabled.resource.providers=${resourceClassesCsv}"
-}
-
-tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask).configureEach {
-  preserveFileTimestamps = false
-  reproducibleFileOrder = true
-}
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-caching/instrumentation-api-caching.gradle b/instrumentation-api-caching/instrumentation-api-caching.gradle
index 69f86c7497..4452e57802 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-caching/instrumentation-api-caching.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation-api-caching/instrumentation-api-caching.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 configurations {
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/instrumentation-api.gradle b/instrumentation-api/instrumentation-api.gradle
index 0c0d5aeb8d..b09953524a 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/instrumentation-api.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation-api/instrumentation-api.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 def jflexTargetDir = file"${project.buildDir}/generated/jflex/sql"
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-camel-2.20/javaagent-unit-tests/apache-camel-2.20-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle b/instrumentation/apache-camel-2.20/javaagent-unit-tests/apache-camel-2.20-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
index 7709521786..8a24b1f60a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-camel-2.20/javaagent-unit-tests/apache-camel-2.20-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-camel-2.20/javaagent-unit-tests/apache-camel-2.20-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':instrumentation:apache-camel-2.20:javaagent')
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/testing/apache-dubbo-2.7-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/testing/apache-dubbo-2.7-testing.gradle
index 3611f3c101..c17f36e30e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/testing/apache-dubbo-2.7-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/testing/apache-dubbo-2.7-testing.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id "java-library"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 def apacheDubboVersion = '2.7.5'
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/armeria-1.3/testing/armeria-1.3-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/armeria-1.3/testing/armeria-1.3-testing.gradle
index 55276dff04..c781d46a19 100644
--- a/instrumentation/armeria-1.3/testing/armeria-1.3-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/armeria-1.3/testing/armeria-1.3-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-lambda-1.0/testing/aws-lambda-1.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/aws-lambda-1.0/testing/aws-lambda-1.0-testing.gradle
index 0df3cbf38e..8e34325e77 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-lambda-1.0/testing/aws-lambda-1.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-lambda-1.0/testing/aws-lambda-1.0-testing.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent-unit-tests/aws-sdk-1.11-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent-unit-tests/aws-sdk-1.11-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
index d2b0c4fa43..208b78bfc9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent-unit-tests/aws-sdk-1.11-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent-unit-tests/aws-sdk-1.11-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/testing/aws-sdk-1.11-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/testing/aws-sdk-1.11-testing.gradle
index 2ae6bd1139..0c284bd322 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/testing/aws-sdk-1.11-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/testing/aws-sdk-1.11-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/testing/aws-sdk-2.2-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/testing/aws-sdk-2.2-testing.gradle
index 184118337a..93c2e6ff99 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/testing/aws-sdk-2.2-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/testing/aws-sdk-2.2-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.0/javaagent-unit-tests/couchbase-2.0-javaagent-unittests.gradle b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.0/javaagent-unit-tests/couchbase-2.0-javaagent-unittests.gradle
index a23cdc0863..c108287356 100644
--- a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.0/javaagent-unit-tests/couchbase-2.0-javaagent-unittests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.0/javaagent-unit-tests/couchbase-2.0-javaagent-unittests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all"
diff --git a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-testing/couchbase-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-testing/couchbase-testing.gradle
index 9fdf10bd14..c4aaec8076 100644
--- a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-testing/couchbase-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-testing/couchbase-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/external-annotations/javaagent-unit-tests/external-annotations-javaagent-unittests.gradle b/instrumentation/external-annotations/javaagent-unit-tests/external-annotations-javaagent-unittests.gradle
index 21a2cc0a66..ec9f23c982 100644
--- a/instrumentation/external-annotations/javaagent-unit-tests/external-annotations-javaagent-unittests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/external-annotations/javaagent-unit-tests/external-annotations-javaagent-unittests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':instrumentation-api')
diff --git a/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/testing/grpc-1.6-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/testing/grpc-1.6-testing.gradle
index 43a1a54b63..b57ec29e55 100644
--- a/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/testing/grpc-1.6-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/testing/grpc-1.6-testing.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
   id "com.google.protobuf" version "0.8.16"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 def grpcVersion = '1.6.0'
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle b/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle
index 0c0b546023..981955ba25 100644
--- a/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 plugins {
   id "otel.shadow-conventions"
 }
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 Project instr_project = project
 subprojects {
diff --git a/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent-unit-tests/internal-proxy-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle b/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent-unit-tests/internal-proxy-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
index cbca11de1f..83c781ec66 100644
--- a/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent-unit-tests/internal-proxy-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent-unit-tests/internal-proxy-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':instrumentation:internal:internal-proxy:javaagent')
diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing.gradle
index 8e58983e9c..510d30eab4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing/jaxrs-2.0-arquillian-testing.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ext {
   skipPublish = true
 }
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 // add repo for org.gradle:gradle-tooling-api which org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver:shrinkwrap-resolver-gradle-depchain depends on
 repositories {
diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-testing/jaxrs-2.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-testing/jaxrs-2.0-testing.gradle
index 603ec4a7a7..a4edd120ef 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-testing/jaxrs-2.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs/jaxrs-2.0/jaxrs-2.0-testing/jaxrs-2.0-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-2.0-testing/jaxws-2.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-2.0-testing/jaxws-2.0-testing.gradle
index bca68587fc..c0b4d78692 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-2.0-testing/jaxws-2.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-2.0-testing/jaxws-2.0-testing.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id "org.unbroken-dome.xjc" version "2.0.0"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 checkstyle {
   // exclude generated web service classes
diff --git a/instrumentation/jdbc/javaagent-unit-tests/jdbc-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle b/instrumentation/jdbc/javaagent-unit-tests/jdbc-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
index efd4747e67..a3436089d9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jdbc/javaagent-unit-tests/jdbc-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jdbc/javaagent-unit-tests/jdbc-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':instrumentation:jdbc:javaagent')
diff --git a/instrumentation/jms-1.1/javaagent-unit-tests/jms-1.1-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle b/instrumentation/jms-1.1/javaagent-unit-tests/jms-1.1-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
index df3a0ec130..4ced74b6cd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jms-1.1/javaagent-unit-tests/jms-1.1-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jms-1.1/javaagent-unit-tests/jms-1.1-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation "javax.jms:jms-api:1.1-rev-1"
diff --git a/instrumentation/jsf/jsf-testing-common/jsf-testing-common.gradle b/instrumentation/jsf/jsf-testing-common/jsf-testing-common.gradle
index af3c6b295d..e05805aab9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jsf/jsf-testing-common/jsf-testing-common.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jsf/jsf-testing-common/jsf-testing-common.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic"
diff --git a/instrumentation/kubernetes-client-7.0/javaagent-unit-tests/kubernetes-client-7.0-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle b/instrumentation/kubernetes-client-7.0/javaagent-unit-tests/kubernetes-client-7.0-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
index 731e35ff41..be04c8dbba 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kubernetes-client-7.0/javaagent-unit-tests/kubernetes-client-7.0-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/kubernetes-client-7.0/javaagent-unit-tests/kubernetes-client-7.0-javaagent-unit-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   testImplementation project(':instrumentation:kubernetes-client-7.0:javaagent')
diff --git a/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/lettuce-5.1-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/lettuce-5.1-testing.gradle
index 78db061f5f..55c3f68ada 100644
--- a/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/lettuce-5.1-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/lettuce-5.1-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-common/library/lettuce-common-library.gradle b/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-common/library/lettuce-common-library.gradle
index 619caee4eb..4cc95bf818 100644
--- a/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-common/library/lettuce-common-library.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-common/library/lettuce-common-library.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ext.mavenGroupId = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 archivesBaseName = projectDir.parentFile.name
diff --git a/instrumentation/liberty/compile-stub/compile-stub.gradle b/instrumentation/liberty/compile-stub/compile-stub.gradle
index 8ba00a1cc8..b1a8285153 100644
--- a/instrumentation/liberty/compile-stub/compile-stub.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/liberty/compile-stub/compile-stub.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 // liberty jars are not available as a maven dependency so we provide stripped
 // down versions of liberty classes that we can use from integration code without
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2-testing/log4j-2-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2-testing/log4j-2-testing.gradle
index 5e779d15f7..48684d6841 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2-testing/log4j-2-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2-testing/log4j-2-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback-1.0/testing/logback-1.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/logback-1.0/testing/logback-1.0-testing.gradle
index e20a2a0e8e..33e6465a39 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback-1.0/testing/logback-1.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/logback-1.0/testing/logback-1.0-testing.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   compileOnly project(":instrumentation:logback-1.0:library")
diff --git a/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-3.1/testing/mongo-3.1-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-3.1/testing/mongo-3.1-testing.gradle
index f3a4edb293..2bca350e99 100644
--- a/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-3.1/testing/mongo-3.1-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-3.1/testing/mongo-3.1-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':instrumentation:mongo:mongo-testing')
diff --git a/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-testing/mongo-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-testing/mongo-testing.gradle
index 3361b40fb9..3840c1e220 100644
--- a/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-testing/mongo-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/mongo/mongo-testing/mongo-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/testing/okhttp-3.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/testing/okhttp-3.0-testing.gradle
index 563ed6e59e..da8c85dd06 100644
--- a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/testing/okhttp-3.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/testing/okhttp-3.0-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api(project(':testing-common')) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/play-ws/play-ws-testing/play-ws-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/play-ws/play-ws-testing/play-ws-testing.gradle
index bd14136a83..26a149d8eb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/play-ws/play-ws-testing/play-ws-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/play-ws/play-ws-testing/play-ws-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 def scalaVersion = '2.12'
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/reactor-3.1/testing/reactor-3.1-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/reactor-3.1/testing/reactor-3.1-testing.gradle
index 530ea0a09b..376198eb03 100644
--- a/instrumentation/reactor-3.1/testing/reactor-3.1-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/reactor-3.1/testing/reactor-3.1-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/rmi/javaagent/rmi-javaagent.gradle b/instrumentation/rmi/javaagent/rmi-javaagent.gradle
index e0c812a9f1..aab1e6166c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rmi/javaagent/rmi-javaagent.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/rmi/javaagent/rmi-javaagent.gradle
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ test.dependsOn rmic
 // We also can't seem to use the toolchain without the "--release" option. So disable everything.
 
 java {
-  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(project.ext.release)
-  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(project.ext.release)
+  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
   toolchain {
     languageVersion = null
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/rocketmq-client-4.8/testing/rocketmq-client-4.8-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/rocketmq-client-4.8/testing/rocketmq-client-4.8-testing.gradle
index bf19aef70d..26a3354c9e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rocketmq-client-4.8/testing/rocketmq-client-4.8-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/rocketmq-client-4.8/testing/rocketmq-client-4.8-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-2.0/testing/rxjava-2.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-2.0/testing/rxjava-2.0-testing.gradle
index 1e4f566478..74aaba1de2 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-2.0/testing/rxjava-2.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-2.0/testing/rxjava-2.0-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-3.0/testing/rxjava-3.0-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-3.0/testing/rxjava-3.0-testing.gradle
index ef071e0d3f..fcace56e2f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-3.0/testing/rxjava-3.0-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/rxjava/rxjava-3.0/testing/rxjava-3.0-testing.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   api project(':testing-common')
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/spring-boot-autoconfigure.gradle b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/spring-boot-autoconfigure.gradle
index ff30bb8b5b..b499f0c57f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/spring-boot-autoconfigure.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/spring-boot-autoconfigure.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 sourceCompatibility = '8'
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/starters/jaeger-exporter-starter/jaeger-exporter-starter.gradle b/instrumentation/spring/starters/jaeger-exporter-starter/jaeger-exporter-starter.gradle
index 544fcd5dbd..925eccf9b5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/starters/jaeger-exporter-starter/jaeger-exporter-starter.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/starters/jaeger-exporter-starter/jaeger-exporter-starter.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ext {
 
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 sourceCompatibility = '8'
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/starters/otlp-exporter-starter/otlp-exporter-starter.gradle b/instrumentation/spring/starters/otlp-exporter-starter/otlp-exporter-starter.gradle
index dec812f674..2bfc0e731e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/starters/otlp-exporter-starter/otlp-exporter-starter.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/starters/otlp-exporter-starter/otlp-exporter-starter.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 sourceCompatibility = '8'
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-starter/spring-starter.gradle b/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-starter/spring-starter.gradle
index a744787eca..8bb99c0f2b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-starter/spring-starter.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-starter/spring-starter.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 sourceCompatibility = '8'
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/starters/zipkin-exporter-starter/zipkin-exporter-starter.gradle b/instrumentation/spring/starters/zipkin-exporter-starter/zipkin-exporter-starter.gradle
index 9b5aaae5cf..6bf33998fe 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/starters/zipkin-exporter-starter/zipkin-exporter-starter.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/starters/zipkin-exporter-starter/zipkin-exporter-starter.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 sourceCompatibility = '8'
diff --git a/instrumentation/vaadin-14.2/testing/vaadin-14.2-testing.gradle b/instrumentation/vaadin-14.2/testing/vaadin-14.2-testing.gradle
index 07ef751db3..2c1f53b119 100644
--- a/instrumentation/vaadin-14.2/testing/vaadin-14.2-testing.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/vaadin-14.2/testing/vaadin-14.2-testing.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ext {
   skipPublish = true
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   compileOnly 'com.vaadin:vaadin-spring-boot-starter:14.2.0'
diff --git a/javaagent-api/javaagent-api.gradle b/javaagent-api/javaagent-api.gradle
index 0689448730..16827c26ec 100644
--- a/javaagent-api/javaagent-api.gradle
+++ b/javaagent-api/javaagent-api.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 project.ext.minimumBranchCoverage = 0.0
diff --git a/javaagent-bootstrap-tests/javaagent-bootstrap-tests.gradle b/javaagent-bootstrap-tests/javaagent-bootstrap-tests.gradle
index c1ca1ab6d0..843da4c6c0 100644
--- a/javaagent-bootstrap-tests/javaagent-bootstrap-tests.gradle
+++ b/javaagent-bootstrap-tests/javaagent-bootstrap-tests.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   // For testing javaagent-bootstrap's Caffeine patch, we need to compile against our cache API
diff --git a/javaagent-bootstrap/javaagent-bootstrap.gradle b/javaagent-bootstrap/javaagent-bootstrap.gradle
index 69f1b899ec..4c34bf87f0 100644
--- a/javaagent-bootstrap/javaagent-bootstrap.gradle
+++ b/javaagent-bootstrap/javaagent-bootstrap.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 // FIXME: Improve test coverage.
diff --git a/javaagent-exporters/javaagent-exporters.gradle b/javaagent-exporters/javaagent-exporters.gradle
index ed080ef23f..785fcbf1aa 100644
--- a/javaagent-exporters/javaagent-exporters.gradle
+++ b/javaagent-exporters/javaagent-exporters.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 // Project to collect and shade exporter dependencies included in the agent's full distribution.
 
 plugins {
+  id "otel.java-conventions"
   id "otel.shadow-conventions"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
-
 dependencies {
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger"
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp"
diff --git a/javaagent-extension-api/javaagent-extension-api.gradle b/javaagent-extension-api/javaagent-extension-api.gradle
index ed6a1be6e9..a4474c9669 100644
--- a/javaagent-extension-api/javaagent-extension-api.gradle
+++ b/javaagent-extension-api/javaagent-extension-api.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 // TODO this is not the desired state, only reflects current reality
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/javaagent-tooling.gradle b/javaagent-tooling/javaagent-tooling.gradle
index f070f93dbc..691d8e1091 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/javaagent-tooling.gradle
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/javaagent-tooling.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 // TODO this is not the desired state, only reflects current reality
diff --git a/javaagent/javaagent.gradle b/javaagent/javaagent.gradle
index a6dfd14cc8..c8c6c29a30 100644
--- a/javaagent/javaagent.gradle
+++ b/javaagent/javaagent.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = 'OpenTelemetry Javaagent'
 
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 configurations {
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle b/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle
index dbbba856d8..faad7dd456 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle
+++ b/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-api-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle b/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle
index 3058fbcf9a..a00d1c1f47 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle
+++ b/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting/opentelemetry-ext-annotations-shaded-for-instrumenting.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-annotations"
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index c4cd34d482..c4da52dc5e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ pluginManagement {
     id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.27.0'
     id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.0.0"
     id "me.champeau.jmh" version "0.6.4"
-    id "net.ltgt.errorprone" version "1.3.0"
     id "net.ltgt.nullaway" version "1.1.0"
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version '1.5.10'
     id 'org.unbroken-dome.test-sets' version '4.0.0'
     id "nebula.release" version "15.3.0"
-    id 'org.gradle.test-retry' version '1.2.0'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle b/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle
index 017dd19796..20310efd01 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle
+++ b/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ext {
   maxJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 description = 'smoke-tests'
 
diff --git a/testing-common/library-for-integration-tests/library-for-integration-tests.gradle b/testing-common/library-for-integration-tests/library-for-integration-tests.gradle
index 5e69c67bd7..8b761a00dc 100644
--- a/testing-common/library-for-integration-tests/library-for-integration-tests.gradle
+++ b/testing-common/library-for-integration-tests/library-for-integration-tests.gradle
@@ -1 +1 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
diff --git a/testing-common/testing-common.gradle b/testing-common/testing-common.gradle
index b4dba55769..144ae9949a 100644
--- a/testing-common/testing-common.gradle
+++ b/testing-common/testing-common.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 description = 'OpenTelemetry Javaagent testing commons'
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/testing/agent-exporter/agent-exporter.gradle b/testing/agent-exporter/agent-exporter.gradle
index 6c94a3910e..e575313d37 100644
--- a/testing/agent-exporter/agent-exporter.gradle
+++ b/testing/agent-exporter/agent-exporter.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id "otel.shadow-conventions"
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 
 dependencies {
   compileOnly("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy")
diff --git a/testing/agent-for-testing/agent-for-testing.gradle b/testing/agent-for-testing/agent-for-testing.gradle
index 7f6ad5817c..56a98fe414 100644
--- a/testing/agent-for-testing/agent-for-testing.gradle
+++ b/testing/agent-for-testing/agent-for-testing.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 description = 'OpenTelemetry Javaagent for testing'
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 jar {
diff --git a/testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing.gradle b/testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing.gradle
index d8dff294e3..b21cd7d3e3 100644
--- a/testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing.gradle
+++ b/testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing/armeria-shaded-for-testing.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 group = 'io.opentelemetry.javaagent'
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply plugin: "otel.java-conventions"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle"
 
 dependencies {