diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e30df3fdfc..793cf28004 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2'
+        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:$gradlePluginVersion"
         classpath files('libs/gradle-witness.jar')
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$kotlinVersion"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index dbd8b30b65..66ea0fcba8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ android.enableJetifier=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048M -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options\="-Xmx2048M"
 org.gradle.unsafe.configuration-cache=true
 
+gradlePluginVersion=7.4.2
 googleServicesVersion=4.3.12
 kotlinVersion=1.8.21
 android.useAndroidX=true