diff --git a/boot-plugin/build.gradle b/boot-plugin/build.gradle
index 9af01d7d..1c19d20a 100644
--- a/boot-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/boot-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly "org.grails:grails-shell:$grailsShellVersion", {
+    compileOnly "org.grails:grails-shell", {
         exclude group:'org.apache.groovy', module:'groovy'
     }
-    api "org.apache.groovy:groovy:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.apache.groovy:groovy"
     api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
     api project(":grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5")
 
-    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-shell:$grailsShellVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-shell", {
         exclude group:'org.apache.groovy', module:'groovy'
     }
-    testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core"
 
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
     testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a70d5589..b35be856 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ ext {
 ext."signing.keyId" = System.getenv("SIGNING_KEY") ?: project.hasProperty("signing.keyId") ? project.getProperty('signing.keyId') : null
 ext."signing.password" = System.getenv("SIGNING_PASSPHRASE") ?: project.hasProperty("signing.password") ? project.getProperty('signing.password') : null
 ext."signing.secretKeyRingFile" = project.hasProperty("signing.secretKeyRingFile") ? project.getProperty('signing.secretKeyRingFile') : null
-ext['junit-jupiter.version'] = junitJupiterVersion
 
 if (isReleaseVersion) {
     apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
diff --git a/docs/build.gradle b/docs/build.gradle
index b0e4f69c..0fe578a8 100644
--- a/docs/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/build.gradle
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ apply plugin: 'groovy'
 apply plugin: 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert'
 
 dependencies {
-    documentation "org.grails:grails-core:$grailsVersion"
-    documentation "org.grails:grails-bootstrap:$grailsVersion"
-    documentation "org.grails:grails-spring:$grailsVersion"
+    documentation "org.grails:grails-core"
+    documentation "org.grails:grails-bootstrap"
+    documentation "org.grails:grails-spring"
     documentation "info.picocli:picocli:$picocliVersion"
-    documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
-    documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-dateutil:$groovyVersion"
-    documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:$javaParserCoreVersion"
+    documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
+    documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-dateutil"
+    documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core"
 
-    documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
+    documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
     for(p in coreProjects) {
-        documentation "org.grails:grails-datastore-$p:$gormVersion"
+        documentation "org.grails:grails-datastore-$p"
     }
     project.rootProject.subprojects.each { subproject ->
         if(subproject.name != "docs" && !subproject.name.startsWith('examples')) {
diff --git a/examples/grails-hibernate-groovy-proxy/build.gradle b/examples/grails-hibernate-groovy-proxy/build.gradle
index 5afa796a..7d509796 100644
--- a/examples/grails-hibernate-groovy-proxy/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails-hibernate-groovy-proxy/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation project(':grails-plugin')
     implementation 'org.grails:grails-core'
-    implementation "org.yakworks:hibernate-groovy-proxy:$yakworksHibernateGroovyProxyVersion"
+    implementation "org.yakworks:hibernate-groovy-proxy:$yakworksHibernateGroovyProxyVersion", {
+        exclude group: "org.codehaus.groovy", module: "groovy"
+    }
 
     runtimeOnly 'com.h2database:h2'
     runtimeOnly 'com.zaxxer:HikariCP'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ed3d6097..22c554b9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,29 +1,16 @@
 projectVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 asciidoctorGradleVersion=4.0.1
-grolifantVersion=4.0.0
 gormVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion=2.0.0
 grailsGradlePluginVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-grailsShellVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-grailsSpringSecurityRestVersion=6.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 grailsVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 groovydocGradlePluginVersion=1.0.1
 groovyVersion=4.0.24
 hibernateVersion=5.6.15.Final
-hibernateValidatorVersion=8.0.1.Final
 yakworksHibernateGroovyProxyVersion=1.1
-jansiVersion=2.4.1
-javaParserCoreVersion=3.26.2
-junitJupiterVersion=5.11.3
 micronautPlatformVersion=4.6.3
 picocliVersion=4.7.6
-snakeYamlVersion=2.3
-slf4jVersion=2.0.16
-spockVersion=2.3-groovy-4.0
-springBootGradlePluginVersion=3.3.5
-testingSupportVersion=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-tomcatLog4jVersion=8.5.2
-tomcatVersion=10.1.33
+springBootGradlePluginVersion=3.4.1
 viewsGradleVersion=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 org.gradle.caching=true
diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate/build.gradle b/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate/build.gradle
index 2ab568b2..78b41962 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dependencies {
-    api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+    api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api"
 
-    api "org.apache.groovy:groovy:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.apache.groovy:groovy"
     api "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm"
     api "org.springframework:spring-orm"
-    api("org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:$hibernateVersion") {
+    api "org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:$hibernateVersion", {
         exclude group:'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
         exclude group:'com.h2database', module:'h2'
         exclude group:'commons-collections', module:'commons-collections'
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group:'org.slf4j', module:'slf4j-log4j12'
         exclude group:'xml-apis', module:'xml-apis'
     }
-    api("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion") {
+    api "org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator", {
         exclude group:'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
         exclude group:'commons-collections', module:'commons-collections'
         exclude group:'org.slf4j', module:'slf4j-api'
     }
 
-    compileOnly ("org.hibernate:hibernate-ehcache:$hibernateVersion") {
+    compileOnly "org.hibernate:hibernate-ehcache:$hibernateVersion", {
         exclude group:'commons-collections', module:'commons-collections'
         exclude group:'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
         exclude group:'com.h2database', module:'h2'
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group:'xml-apis', module:'xml-apis'
     }
 
-    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-test-junit5:$groovyVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-sql:$groovyVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-json:$groovyVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-test-junit5"
+    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-sql"
+    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-json"
     testImplementation "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-tck:$gormVersion", {
         exclude group: "org.spockframework"
     }
@@ -43,16 +43,17 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.hibernate:hibernate-ehcache:$hibernateVersion"
 
     // groovy proxy fixes bytebuddy to be a bit smarter when it comes to groovy metaClass
-    testImplementation "org.yakworks:hibernate-groovy-proxy:$yakworksHibernateGroovyProxyVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.yakworks:hibernate-groovy-proxy:$yakworksHibernateGroovyProxyVersion", {
+        exclude group: "org.codehaus.groovy", module: "groovy"
+    }
 
-    testImplementation "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-aop"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
 
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:$slf4jVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j"
     // The groovydoc task needs the Hibernate 4.x jars in the classpath
-    documentation("org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:${hibernateVersion}")
+    documentation "org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:${hibernateVersion}"
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/grails-plugin/build.gradle b/grails-plugin/build.gradle
index 61dcffb4..d1a59c0e 100644
--- a/grails-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ configurations.all {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    documentation ("org.grails:grails-core:$grailsVersion")
-    documentation ("org.grails:grails-bootstrap:$grailsVersion")
-    documentation ("org.grails:grails-spring:$grailsVersion")
-    documentation ("com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:$javaParserCoreVersion")
+    documentation "org.grails:grails-core"
+    documentation "org.grails:grails-bootstrap"
+    documentation "org.grails:grails-spring"
+    documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core"
 
-    compileOnly("org.grails:grails-bootstrap:$grailsVersion")
-    compileOnly("org.grails:grails-core:$grailsVersion")
-    compileOnly "org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion", {
+    compileOnly "org.grails:grails-bootstrap"
+    compileOnly "org.grails:grails-core"
+    compileOnly "org.spockframework:spock-core", {
         exclude group: "junit", module: "junit-dep"
         exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', module: 'groovy-all'
         exclude group: 'org.hamcrest', module: 'hamcrest-core'
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ dependencies {
 
     api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot"
     api "org.springframework:spring-orm"
-    api "org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:${hibernateVersion}"
+    api "org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:$hibernateVersion"
     api "org.hibernate:hibernate-ehcache:$hibernateVersion"
-    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-web:$gormVersion"
-    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-support:$gormVersion"
+    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-web"
+    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-support"
     api project(":grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5"), {
         exclude group:'org.springframework', module:'spring-context'
         exclude group:'org.springframework', module:'spring-core'
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-core'
         exclude group:'javax.transaction', module:'jta'
     }
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.yaml:snakeyaml:$snakeYamlVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.yaml:snakeyaml"
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support"
     testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-aop"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-expression"
 }