diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 56a10e8e145..73f03d97d28 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
+  id "datadog.dependency-locking"
+
   id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.13.0"
   id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '5.0.14'
   id "de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis" version "3.5.1"
@@ -192,32 +194,6 @@ def testAggregate(String baseTaskName, includePrefixes, excludePrefixes, boolean
   createRootTask "${baseTaskName}Check", 'check'
 }
 
-// To lock dependency versions, run `./gradlew resolveAndLockAll --write-locks`
-tasks.register('resolveAndLockAll') {
-  notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache("Filters configurations at execution time")
-  doFirst {
-    assert gradle.startParameter.writeDependencyLocks
-  }
-  doLast {
-    allprojects { project ->
-      project.configurations.findAll {
-        it.canBeResolved && !it.name.startsWith('incrementalScalaAnalysis')
-      }.each { it.resolve() }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-allprojects { project ->
-  project.dependencyLocking {
-    lockAllConfigurations()
-    //lockmode set to LENIENT because there are resolution
-    //errors in the build with an apiguardian dependency.
-    //See: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_locking.html for more info
-    lockMode = LockMode.LENIENT
-
-  }
-}
-
 testAggregate("smoke", [":dd-smoke-tests"], [])
 testAggregate("instrumentation", [":dd-java-agent:instrumentation"], [])
 testAggregate("profiling", [":dd-java-agent:agent-profiling"], [])
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog.dependency-locking.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog.dependency-locking.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dba39a4897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog.dependency-locking.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * This plugin enables dependency locking.
+ *
+ * The goal is to be able to later rebuild any version, by pinning floating versions.
+ * It will also help IDEs not having to re-index any latest library release.
+ * Pinned versions will be updated by the CI on a weekly basis.
+ *
+ * Pinned version can be updated using: ./gradlew resolveAndLockAll --write-locks
+ *
+ * See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_locking.html
+ */
+
+project.dependencyLocking {
+  lockAllConfigurations()
+  //lockmode set to LENIENT because there are resolution
+  //errors in the build with an apiguardian dependency.
+  //See: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_locking.html for more info
+  lockMode = LockMode.LENIENT
+}
+
+tasks.register("resolveAndLockAll") {
+  notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache("Filters configurations at execution time")
+  doFirst {
+    require(gradle.startParameter.isWriteDependencyLocks)
+  }
+  doLast {
+    configurations.filter {
+      // Add any custom filtering on the configurations to be resolved
+      it.isCanBeResolved
+    }.forEach { it.resolve() }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/java.gradle b/gradle/java.gradle
index 11bea1a8031..ff93b9dcf4a 100644
--- a/gradle/java.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+apply plugin: 'datadog.dependency-locking'
+
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java_deps.gradle"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java_no_deps.gradle"