diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 6f678cbd164..2d7543beb7f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.spotless) version Config.QualityPlugins.spotlessVersion apply true
+    alias(libs.plugins.spotless)
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detekt) version Config.QualityPlugins.detektVersion
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
     `maven-publish`
     alias(libs.plugins.binary.compatibility.validator)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid) version Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroidVersion apply false
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.kover) version Config.QualityPlugins.koverVersion apply false
-    id(Config.BuildPlugins.gradleMavenPublishPlugin) version Config.BuildPlugins.gradleMavenPublishPluginVersion apply false
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android) apply false
+    alias(libs.plugins.kover) apply false
+    alias(libs.plugins.vanniktech.maven.publish) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.buildconfig) apply false
     // dokka is required by gradle-maven-publish-plugin.
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
index fa284f4e980..b4eebaf547a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ object Config {
         val springDependencyManagementVersion = "1.0.11.RELEASE"
         val gretty = "org.gretty"
         val grettyVersion = "4.0.0"
-        val gradleMavenPublishPlugin = "com.vanniktech.maven.publish"
-        val gradleMavenPublishPluginVersion = "0.30.0"
         val commonsCompressOverride = "org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.25.0"
     }
 
@@ -214,16 +212,9 @@ object Config {
             // TODO [POTEL] add tests and restore
             val minimumCoverage = BigDecimal.valueOf(0.1)
         }
-        val spotless = "com.diffplug.spotless"
-        val spotlessVersion = "6.11.0"
 
-        val detekt = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt"
-        val detektVersion = "1.23.8"
+        // this can be removed when we upgrade to Gradle 8, which allows us to use a getter for the plugin ID
         val detektPlugin = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt"
-        val jacocoAndroid = "com.mxalbert.gradle.jacoco-android"
-        val jacocoAndroidVersion = "0.2.0"
-        val kover = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover"
-        val koverVersion = "0.7.3"
     }
 
     object Sentry {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 1d9250e9376..6c2d9776bdf 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ binary-compatibility-validator = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.binary-compatibil
 compose-compiler = { id = "org.jetbrains.compose", version.ref = "composeVersion" }
 errorprone = { id = "net.ltgt.errorprone", version = "3.0.1" }
 gradle-versions = {id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version = "0.42.0" }
+spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "6.11.0" }
+detekt = { id = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", version = "1.23.8"}
+jacoco-android = { id = "com.mxalbert.gradle.jacoco-android", version = "0.2.0" }
+kover = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover", version = "0.7.3" }
+vanniktech-maven-publish = { id =  "com.vanniktech.maven.publish", version = "0.30.0" }
 
 [libraries]
 kotlin-test-junit = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit", version.ref = "kotlin" }
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
index 873cb968f67..094c7827d98 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.errorprone)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
 }
diff --git a/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts
index 4e80f02f600..104e9757c4b 100644
--- a/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android-benchmark/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android-benchmark/build.gradle.kts
index d4948f8af0a..a52f022daa3 100644
--- a/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android-benchmark/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android-benchmark/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
     kotlin("android")
     alias(libs.plugins.errorprone)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts
index 3f4e0bbb063..2e59ecfc38a 100644
--- a/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
     kotlin("android")
     alias(libs.plugins.errorprone)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts
index 385d2e426b6..24c5c2cadd6 100644
--- a/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
index 4ca63d695e3..7aa16e469bc 100644
--- a/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
 }
 
diff --git a/sentry-android-replay/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-replay/build.gradle.kts
index ab4f8740ff0..aec9d6fd2b2 100644
--- a/sentry-android-replay/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-replay/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
     // TODO: enable it later
-//    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+//    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
index a39202d248a..096aa97fa3f 100644
--- a/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts
index 335e6d0eb5d..376fd8d49b1 100644
--- a/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     kotlin("android")
     jacoco
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.jacocoAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jacoco.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts
index 0a2a109d762..c1609496d4a 100644
--- a/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ plugins {
     kotlin("multiplatform")
     id("com.android.library")
     id("org.jetbrains.compose")
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.kover)
+    alias(libs.plugins.kover)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
     alias(libs.plugins.dokka)
     alias(libs.plugins.dokka.javadoc)
     `maven-publish` // necessary for publishMavenLocal task to publish correct artifacts
diff --git a/sentry-kotlin-extensions/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-kotlin-extensions/build.gradle.kts
index 42fcabb5620..e185218b851 100644
--- a/sentry-kotlin-extensions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-kotlin-extensions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
     jacoco
     alias(libs.plugins.errorprone)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-    id(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin)
+    alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
 tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {