diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 3c18b327dc..e3d447e83a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    rebase-strategy: "disabled"
-    # for testing only:
-    target-branch: "driessamyn/poc/version-catalogue"
\ No newline at end of file
+    rebase-strategy: "disabled"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/build.gradle b/application/build.gradle
index 7b4d113e22..eb5221f609 100644
--- a/application/build.gradle
+++ b/application/build.gradle
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.core'
 
     testApi 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-osgi-bundle'
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 }
diff --git a/base/build.gradle b/base/build.gradle
index 69b7096ac2..8fbbed01b3 100644
--- a/base/build.gradle
+++ b/base/build.gradle
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.annotation'
 
     testApi 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-osgi-bundle'
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fa654e1a18..e7759d4127 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         vcsUrl = System.getenv('GIT_URL') ?: 'https://github.com/corda/corda-api.git'
     }
-    
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-core:$dokkaVersion"
-        constraints {
-            classpath("org.jsoup:jsoup:1.15.3") {
-                because "required until dokka plugin updates it's internal version of jsoup, not fixed as of dokka 1.7.10"
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 plugins {
@@ -25,15 +16,15 @@ plugins {
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.allopen' apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.jpa' apply false
-    id 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt' apply false
-    id 'io.snyk.gradle.plugin.snykplugin'
-    id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' // used for GIT interaction (e.g. extract commit hash)
+    alias libs.plugins.detekt apply false
+    alias libs.plugins.snyk
+    alias libs.plugins.grgit // used for GIT interaction (e.g. extract commit hash)
     id 'corda.root-publish'
     id 'jacoco' // test coverage
-    id 'com.dorongold.task-tree' // utility to visualise Gradle task DAG
-    id 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' // discover possible dependency version upgrades
-    id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' apply false
+    alias libs.plugins.task.tree // utility to visualise Gradle task DAG
+    alias libs.plugins.dokka
+    alias libs.plugins.dependency.check.versions // discover possible dependency version upgrades
+    alias libs.plugins.cyclonedx.bom  apply false
 }
 
 snyk {
@@ -108,7 +99,9 @@ subprojects {
         releasable = true // all corda-api jars are externally consumable
     }
 
-    apply plugin: 'org.cyclonedx.bom'
+    // NOTE: according to this we shouldn't be using subprojects:
+    //   https://discuss.gradle.org/t/apply-plugin-with-version-catalog/43029
+    apply plugin: libs.plugins.cyclonedx.bom.get().pluginId
     cyclonedxBom {
         includeConfigs = ["runtimeClasspath"]
         skipProjects = [rootProject.name]
@@ -162,21 +155,7 @@ subprojects {
         //  thinking is that for the test dependencies it's ok as it'll keep things consistent.
         //  we can add exclusions, or review this if necessary.
         dependencies {
-            // Test libraries -> keep consistent across modules
-            testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test:$kotlinVersion"
-            testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:$mockitoVersion"
-            testImplementation("org.mockito.kotlin:mockito-kotlin:$mockitoKotlinVersion") {
-                // Excluding mockito-core and adding it implicitly above. This is done to allow the use of the latest version of mockito.
-                exclude group: 'mockito-core'
-            }
-
-            testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:$junitVersion"
-
-            // Test runtime libraries -> also keep consistent
-            testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junitVersion"
-            testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
-
-            detektPlugins "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-formatting:$detektPluginVersion"
+            detektPlugins libs.detekt.formatting
         }
 
         // Making all persistence entity open and with an empty constructor to allow Hibernate to work.
@@ -259,17 +238,6 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
-    pluginManager.withPlugin('io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt'){
-        dependencies {
-        detekt "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-cli:$detektPluginVersion"
-            constraints {
-                detekt("org.yaml:snakeyaml:$snakeyamlVersion") {
-                    because "required until detekt plugin updates it's internal version of snakeYaml, not fixed as of detekt version 1.21"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     // we do this to allow for Gradle task caching. OSGI attribute Bnd-LastModified breaks gradle caching as it is a timestamp
     // below block tells Gradle to ignore specifically the Bnd-LastModified attribute of the manifest when checking if
     // a task is up-to-date, this has no impact on publishing or production of jar.
@@ -407,4 +375,4 @@ if (project.hasProperty('generateSBOM')) {
     artifactoryPublish {
         publications('sbom')
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 422eda9adf..6f82db3fbe 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ repositories {
 // So we'll load it into our own object to grab what we need.
 def constants = new Properties()
 file("$rootDir/../gradle.properties").withInputStream { InputStream input -> constants.load(input) }
-def bndVersion = constants.getProperty('bndVersion')
-def bndlibVersion = constants.getProperty('bndlibVersion')
 def internalPluginVersion = constants.getProperty('internalPluginVersion')
 def artifactoryContextUrl = constants.getProperty('artifactoryContextUrl')
 
@@ -51,23 +49,11 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     constraints {
-        implementation('biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bndlib') {
-            version {
-                require bndlibVersion
-            }
-        }
-        implementation('biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.embedded-repo') {
-            version {
-                require bndlibVersion
-            }
-        }
-        implementation('biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.resolve') {
-            version {
-                require bndlibVersion
-            }
-        }
+        implementation libs.bnd.lib
+        implementation libs.bnd.embedded.repo
+        implementation libs.bnd.resolve
     }
-    implementation "biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:$bndVersion"
+    implementation libs.bnd.gradle
 
     if (System.getenv('CORDA_ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME') != null || project.hasProperty('cordaArtifactoryUsername')) {
         implementation "com.r3.internal.gradle.plugins:publish:$internalPluginVersion"
diff --git a/buildSrc/settings.gradle b/buildSrc/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ef0465d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    versionCatalogs {
+        create('libs', { from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml")) })
+    }
+}
+
+rootProject.name = 'buildSrc'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda-api.common-library.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda-api.common-library.gradle
index c68141d62e..4c80598d08 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda-api.common-library.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda-api.common-library.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
     id 'biz.aQute.bnd.builder'
 }
 
@@ -26,9 +27,8 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly "org.jetbrains:annotations:$jetbrainsAnnotationsVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:$junitVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junitVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
+    testImplementation libs.bundles.test
+    testRuntimeOnly libs.bundles.test.runtime
 }
 
 tasks.named('jar', Jar) {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda.java-only.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda.java-only.gradle
index 091034ddc4..29b8c62e08 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda.java-only.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/corda.java-only.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-plugins {
-    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
-}
-
-tasks.named('compileKotlin') {
-    doFirst {
-        throw new InvalidUserCodeException("Module '${project.path}' should only contain Java classes")
+/**
+ * Apply this plugin to projects that must be implemented in pure Java.
+ * We cannot prevent such projects from applying the Kotlin Gradle plugin,
+ * but we can throw an exception if they try to compile any Kotlin classes.
+ */
+pluginManager.withPlugin('org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm') {
+    tasks.named('compileKotlin') {
+        doFirst {
+            throw new InvalidUserCodeException("Module '${project.path}' should only contain Java classes")
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/corda-api/build.gradle b/corda-api/build.gradle
index d2a42b505f..2b6a00f9cf 100644
--- a/corda-api/build.gradle
+++ b/corda-api/build.gradle
@@ -26,14 +26,10 @@ dependencies {
         api project(':membership')
         api project(':serialization')
 
-        api('javax.persistence:javax.persistence-api') {
-            version {
-                require javaxPersistenceApiVersion
-            }
-        }
+        api(libs.javax.persistence.api)
         api('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-osgi-bundle') {
             version {
-                require kotlinVersion
+                    require kotlinVersion
             }
         }
         api('org.jetbrains:annotations') {
@@ -41,26 +37,9 @@ dependencies {
                 require jetbrainsAnnotationsVersion
             }
         }
-        api('org.osgi:osgi.annotation') {
-            version {
-                require osgiAnnotationVersion
-            }
-        }
-        api('org.osgi:osgi.core') {
-            version {
-                require osgiVersion
-            }
-        }
-        api('org.osgi:org.osgi.service.component.annotations') {
-            version {
-                require osgiScrAnnotationVersion
-            }
-        }
-        api('org.slf4j:slf4j-api') {
+        api(libs.bundles.osgi)
+        api(libs.slf4j) {
             because 'Corda 5.1 only supports SLF4J 1.x'
-            version {
-                strictly slf4jVersion
-            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cordapp-configuration/build.gradle b/cordapp-configuration/build.gradle
index 419eb4424c..6c1357719e 100644
--- a/cordapp-configuration/build.gradle
+++ b/cordapp-configuration/build.gradle
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ java {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junitVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:$junitVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junitVersion"
+    testImplementation libs.bundles.test
+    testRuntimeOnly libs.bundles.test.runtime
 }
 
 tasks.named('jar', Jar) {
diff --git a/cordapp-configuration/gradle.properties b/cordapp-configuration/gradle.properties
index f2f2b9dd0c..75ecf0b4af 100644
--- a/cordapp-configuration/gradle.properties
+++ b/cordapp-configuration/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:+UseG1GC -Xmx1g
-org.gradle.caching=false
-
-junitVersion=5.7.2
+org.gradle.caching=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cordapp-configuration/settings.gradle b/cordapp-configuration/settings.gradle
index 07d9dbd8c8..4658f23014 100644
--- a/cordapp-configuration/settings.gradle
+++ b/cordapp-configuration/settings.gradle
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }
+    versionCatalogs {
+        create('libs', { from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml")) })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crypto/build.gradle b/crypto/build.gradle
index ec911decc4..5a28ec011f 100644
--- a/crypto/build.gradle
+++ b/crypto/build.gradle
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ dependencies {
     api platform(project(':corda-api'))
     api project(':base')
 
-    testImplementation "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:$bouncycastleVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:$bouncycastleVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junitVersion"
+    testImplementation libs.bundles.bouncycastle
 }
 
diff --git a/data/avro-schema/build.gradle b/data/avro-schema/build.gradle
index 5708c8e9c0..ae76018e6e 100644
--- a/data/avro-schema/build.gradle
+++ b/data/avro-schema/build.gradle
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ plugins {
     id 'corda-api.common-library'
     id 'corda.common-publishing'
     id 'corda.java-only'
-    id "com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro-base"
+    alias libs.plugins.avro.gradle
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api "org.apache.avro:avro:$avroVersion"
+    api libs.avro
     constraints {
-        implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonVersion") {
+        implementation(libs.jackson.databind) {
             because "required until new version of Avro available which updates Jackson"
         }
 
-        implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:$commonsCompressVersion") {
+        implementation(libs.commons.compress) {
             because "CVE-2023-42503, current version of Avro uses an outdated version"
         }
     }
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
 configurations.all {
     resolutionStrategy {
         // CVE-2023-42503, current version of Avro uses an outdated version
-        force "org.apache.commons:commons-compress:$commonsCompressVersion"
+        force libs.commons.compress
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/data/topic-schema/build.gradle b/data/topic-schema/build.gradle
index 0dce24b7b1..ddf347e521 100644
--- a/data/topic-schema/build.gradle
+++ b/data/topic-schema/build.gradle
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ description 'Definition of Topics'
 dependencies {
     implementation platform(project(':corda-api'))
 
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
-    testImplementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:$jacksonVersion"
-    testImplementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:$jacksonVersion"
+    testImplementation libs.jackson.kotlin
+    testImplementation libs.jackson.yaml
 
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.annotation'
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1805f8a32e..6040cba2d1 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# This file is parsed from Python in the docs/source/conf.py file
-# because some versions here need to be matched by app authors in
-# their own projects. So don't get fancy with syntax!
-
 org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false
 
 # Versioning
@@ -30,48 +26,12 @@ publicArtifactURL = https://download.corda.net/maven
 # dokka need more metaspace - https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/issues/1405
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2g
 internalPluginVersion = 1.+
-dokkaVersion = 1.8.+
-detektPluginVersion = 1.22.+
-dependencyCheckVersion=0.46.+
 artifactoryPluginVersion = 4.28.2
-snakeyamlVersion=2.0
-
-# Logging
-slf4jVersion = 1.7.36
-
-# Main implementation dependencies
-avroGradlePluginVersion=1.3.0
-avroVersion = 1.11.3
-commonsCompressVersion = 1.24.0
-bouncycastleVersion = 1.73
-grgitPluginVersion = 5.2.0
-taskTreePluginVersion = 2.1.1
-javaxPersistenceApiVersion = 2.2
-jacksonVersion = 2.15.2
-
-# Testing
-assertjVersion = 3.24.+
-junitVersion = 5.10.0
-mockitoVersion = 5.3.+
-mockitoKotlinVersion = 4.1.+
-
-# OSGi
-bndVersion = 6.4.0
-bndlibVersion = 6.4.1
-osgiVersion = 8.0.0
-osgiAnnotationVersion = 8.1.0
-osgiScrAnnotationVersion = 1.5.1
 
 gradleEnterpriseVersion = 3.14.1
 gradleDataPlugin = 1.8.2
 org.gradle.caching = true
 gradleEnterpriseUrl = https://gradle.dev.r3.com
 
-#snyk version
-snykVersion = 0.4
-
 # Kotlin build
-kotlin.build.report.output=file,build_scan
-
-# Cyclonedx Bom generation version
-cyclonedxVersion = 1.7.4
+kotlin.build.report.output=file,build_scan
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc4474218c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+[versions]
+kotlinVersion = "1.8.21"
+
+# Logging
+slf4jVersion = { strictly = "1.7.36" }
+
+# Main implementation dependencies
+avroVersion = "1.11.3"
+commonsCompressVersion = "1.24.0"
+bouncycastleVersion = "1.73"
+javaxPersistenceApiVersion = "2.2"
+jacksonVersion = "2.15.2"
+osgiVersion = "8.0.0"
+osgiAnnotationVersion = "8.1.0"
+osgiSvcAnnotationVersion = "1.5.1"
+bndVersion = "6.4.0"
+bndlibVersion = "6.4.1"
+
+# Testing
+assertjVersion = "3.24.0"
+junitVersion = "5.10.0"
+mockitoVersion = "5.3.0"
+mockitoKotlinVersion = "4.1.0"
+
+# Plugins
+artifactoryVersion = "4.28.2"
+avroGradleVersion = "1.3.0"
+cyclonedxVersion = "1.7.4"
+dokkaVersion = "1.8.20"
+detektVersion = "1.23.4"
+dependencyCheckVersion = "0.46.0"
+gradleDataVersion = "1.8.2"
+gradleEnterpriseVersion = "3.14.1"
+grgitVersion = "5.2.0"
+snykVersion = "0.4"
+taskTreeVersion = "2.1.1"
+
+[libraries]
+slf4j = { group = "org.slf4j", name = "slf4j-api", version.ref = "slf4jVersion" }
+avro = { group = "org.apache.avro", name = "avro", version.ref = "avroVersion" }
+commons-compress = { group = "org.apache.commons", name = "commons-compress", version.ref = "commonsCompressVersion" }
+bouncycastle-prov = { group = "org.bouncycastle", name = "bcprov-jdk18on", version.ref = "bouncycastleVersion" }
+bouncycastle-pkix = { group = "org.bouncycastle", name = "bcpkix-jdk18on", version.ref = "bouncycastleVersion" }
+javax-persistence-api = { group = "javax.persistence", name = "javax.persistence-api", version.ref = "javaxPersistenceApiVersion" }
+jackson-databind = { group = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name = "jackson-databind", version.ref = "jacksonVersion" }
+jackson-kotlin = { group = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module", name = "jackson-module-kotlin", version.ref = "jacksonVersion" }
+jackson-yaml = { group = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", name = "jackson-dataformat-yaml", version.ref = "jacksonVersion" }
+assertj-core = { group = "org.assertj", name = "assertj-core", version.ref = "assertjVersion" }
+kotlin-test = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", name = "kotlin-test", version.ref = "kotlinVersion" }
+junit = { group = "org.junit.jupiter", name = "junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
+junit-api = { group = "org.junit.jupiter", name = "junit-jupiter-api", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
+junit-params = { group = "org.junit.jupiter", name = "junit-jupiter-params", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
+junit-engine = { group = "org.junit.jupiter", name = "junit-jupiter-engine", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
+junit-platform = { group = "org.junit.platform", name = "junit-platform-launcher" }
+mockito-core = { group = "org.mockito", name = "mockito-core", version.ref = "mockitoVersion" }
+mockito-kotlin = { group = "org.mockito.kotlin", name = "mockito-kotlin", version.ref = "mockitoKotlinVersion" }
+osgi-core = { group = "org.osgi", name = "osgi.core", version.ref = "osgiVersion" }
+osgi-annotation = { group = "org.osgi", name = "osgi.annotation", version.ref = "osgiAnnotationVersion" }
+osgi-svc-component-annotation = { group = "org.osgi", name = "org.osgi.service.component.annotations", version.ref = "osgiSvcAnnotationVersion" }
+bnd-gradle = { group = "biz.aQute.bnd", name = "biz.aQute.bnd.gradle", version.ref = "bndVersion" }
+bnd-lib = { group = "biz.aQute.bnd", name = "biz.aQute.bndlib", version.ref = "bndlibVersion" }
+bnd-embedded-repo = { group = "biz.aQute.bnd", name = "biz.aQute.bnd.embedded-repo", version.ref = "bndlibVersion" }
+bnd-resolve = { group = "biz.aQute.bnd", name = "biz.aQute.resolve", version.ref = "bndlibVersion" }
+
+detekt-formatting = { group = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", name = "detekt-formatting", version.ref = "detektVersion" }
+
+[bundles]
+bouncycastle = ["bouncycastle-prov", "bouncycastle-pkix"]
+osgi = ["osgi-core", "osgi-annotation", "osgi-svc-component-annotation"]
+test = ["junit", "junit-api", "junit-params", "mockito-core", "mockito-kotlin", "assertj-core", "kotlin-test"]
+test-runtime = ["junit-engine", "junit-platform"]
+
+[plugins]
+avro-gradle = { id = "com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro-base", version.ref = "avroGradleVersion" }
+artifactory = { id = "com.jfrog.artifactory", version.ref = "artifactoryVersion" }
+cyclonedx-bom = { id = "org.cyclonedx.bom", version.ref = "cyclonedxVersion" }
+dependency-check-versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version.ref = "dependencyCheckVersion" }
+detekt = { id = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", version.ref = "detektVersion" }
+dokka = { id = "org.jetbrains.dokka", version.ref = "dokkaVersion" }
+gradle-data = { id = "com.gradle.common-custom-user-data-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "gradleDataVersion" }
+gradle-enterprise = { id = "com.gradle.enterprise", version.ref = "gradleEnterpriseVersion" }
+grgit = { id = "org.ajoberstar.grgit", version.ref = "grgitVersion" }
+snyk = { id = "io.snyk.gradle.plugin.snykplugin", version.ref = "snykVersion" }
+task-tree = { id = "com.dorongold.task-tree", version.ref = "taskTreeVersion" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ledger/ledger-common/build.gradle b/ledger/ledger-common/build.gradle
index 96e26c32e0..89d8c2af3d 100644
--- a/ledger/ledger-common/build.gradle
+++ b/ledger/ledger-common/build.gradle
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':application')
 
     testImplementation project(':crypto')
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 }
diff --git a/ledger/ledger-consensual/build.gradle b/ledger/ledger-consensual/build.gradle
index 0517c33436..de850989fc 100644
--- a/ledger/ledger-consensual/build.gradle
+++ b/ledger/ledger-consensual/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.annotation'
 
     api project(':ledger:ledger-common')
-
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ledger/ledger-utxo/build.gradle b/ledger/ledger-utxo/build.gradle
index 1bb4115d44..ca78a9f736 100644
--- a/ledger/ledger-utxo/build.gradle
+++ b/ledger/ledger-utxo/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.annotation'
 
     api project(':ledger:ledger-common')
-
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 }
diff --git a/membership/build.gradle b/membership/build.gradle
index efb96604dd..35a7c0f4fd 100644
--- a/membership/build.gradle
+++ b/membership/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,4 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.annotation'
 
     api project(':base')
-
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:$mockitoVersion"
 }
diff --git a/serialization/build.gradle b/serialization/build.gradle
index dce0054134..b708ca3b09 100644
--- a/serialization/build.gradle
+++ b/serialization/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,4 @@ dependencies {
 
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations'
     compileOnly 'org.osgi:osgi.annotation'
-
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index a0a7752f0e..2d8523d8ec 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -31,16 +31,7 @@ pluginManagement {
         id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version kotlinVersion
         id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.allopen' version kotlinVersion
         id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.jpa' version kotlinVersion
-        id 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt' version detektPluginVersion
-        id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' version grgitPluginVersion // used for GIT interaction (e.g. extract commit hash)
-        id 'com.dorongold.task-tree' version taskTreePluginVersion // utility to visualise Gradle task DAG
-        id 'biz.aQute.bnd.builder' version bndVersion // used to create OSGi bundles
-        id 'org.jetbrains.dokka' version dokkaVersion
-        id "com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro-base" version avroGradlePluginVersion
-        id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version dependencyCheckVersion
         id "com.jfrog.artifactory" version artifactoryPluginVersion
-        id 'io.snyk.gradle.plugin.snykplugin' version snykVersion
-        id "org.cyclonedx.bom" version cyclonedxVersion
     }
 }
 plugins {