diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 33472217c..241558602 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ asciidoctorGradlePluginVersion=4.0.4
 casClientCoreVersion=4.0.4
 commonsLangVersion=2.6
 dumbsterVersion=1.6
+gbenchVersion=0.4.3-groovy-2.4
 gradleCryptoChecksumVersion=1.4.0
 grailsRedisVersion=5.0.0-RC2
+guavaVersion=33.3.1-jre
 mailVersion=5.0.0
 micronautVersion=4.5.3
+nimbusVersion=9.42
 pac4jVersion=6.0.6
 ratVersion=0.8.1
+scribejavaVersion=8.3.3
 spyMemcachedVersion=2.12.3
 
 # This prevents the Grails Gradle Plugin from unnecessarily excluding slf4j-simple in the generated POMs
diff --git a/plugin-acl/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin-acl/plugin/build.gradle
index 0d90aa356..42972f47a 100644
--- a/plugin-acl/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-acl/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ ext {
     pomDevelopers = ['burtbeckwith': 'Burt Beckwith']
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-cas/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin-cas/plugin/build.gradle
index 45439ceb0..08900b1e4 100644
--- a/plugin-cas/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-cas/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ ext {
 	pomDevelopers = ['burtbeckwith': 'Burt Beckwith']
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
 	implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-core/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin-core/plugin/build.gradle
index aba065e2b..88272302b 100644
--- a/plugin-core/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-core/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ext {
 	]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
 	implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-ldap/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin-ldap/plugin/build.gradle
index 58a73b3cf..831345bf3 100644
--- a/plugin-ldap/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-ldap/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ ext {
 	pomDevelopers = [burtbeckwith: 'Burt Beckwith']
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
 	implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-oauth2/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin-oauth2/plugin/build.gradle
index 6399886a5..afff874e1 100644
--- a/plugin-oauth2/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-oauth2/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ ext {
 	]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
 	implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ dependencies {
 		// impl: GormUserDetailsService, GrailsUser, ReflectionUtils, @Secured(runtime), SecurityContextHolder,
 		//       SpringSecurityUtils
 	}
-	api 'com.github.scribejava:scribejava-core:8.3.3', {
+	api "com.github.scribejava:scribejava-core:$scribejavaVersion", {
 		// api: DefaultApi20, OAuth2AccessToken, OAuth20Service, Response
 		// impl: OAuthRequest, ServiceBuilder, Verb
 	}
diff --git a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-gorm/build.gradle b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-gorm/build.gradle
index 98afa9fc2..20702a88f 100644
--- a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-gorm/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-gorm/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ext {
     ]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-grailscache/build.gradle b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-grailscache/build.gradle
index e7065bb2f..0d89b5e84 100644
--- a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-grailscache/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-grailscache/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ext {
     ]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-memcached/build.gradle b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-memcached/build.gradle
index d8d9a7472..2d2fbf7b7 100644
--- a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-memcached/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-memcached/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ext {
     ]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-redis/build.gradle b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-redis/build.gradle
index 732488581..7bc3d251a 100644
--- a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-redis/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest-redis/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ext {
     ]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
diff --git a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest/build.gradle b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest/build.gradle
index 0f9859bf3..bc9b328b6 100644
--- a/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-rest/spring-security-rest/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ext {
     ]
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
         // api: NullAuthenticationEventPublisher, SecurityEventListener
         // impl: BeanTypeResolver, @Secured(runtime), SecurityFilterPosition, SpringSecurityUtils
     }
-    api 'com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:9.42', {
+    api "com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:$nimbusVersion", {
         // api: EncryptionMethod, JOSEException, JWEAlgorithm, JWSAlgorithm, JWSSigner, JWT, JWTClaimsSet
         // impl: EncryptedJWT, EncryptionMethod, JWEHeader, JWSHeader, JWTParser, MACSigner, MACVerifier, PlainJWT, RSADecrypter, RSAEncrypter, SignedJWT
     }
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3", {
         // impl: RandomStringUtils
     }
-    implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.3.1-jre', {
+    implementation "com.google.guava:guava:$guavaVersion", {
         // impl: CacheBuilder, LoadingCache
     }
     implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec', {
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.pac4j:pac4j-oauth:$pac4jVersion", {
         // impl: CasOAuthWrapperClient
     }
-    testImplementation 'org.gperfutils:gbench:0.4.3-groovy-2.4'
+    testImplementation "org.gperfutils:gbench:$gbenchVersion"
     testImplementation 'org.apache.grails:grails-testing-support-datamapping'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.grails:grails-testing-support-web'
     testImplementation 'org.spockframework:spock-core'
diff --git a/plugin-ui/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin-ui/plugin/build.gradle
index e83449047..cc2a1dcd3 100644
--- a/plugin-ui/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-ui/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ext {
     pomDevelopers = [burtbeckwith: 'Burt Beckwith']
 }
 
+grails {
+    springDependencyManagement = false
+}
+
 dependencies {
 
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")