diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c95665cd..b783315f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id "base"
     id "signing"
-    id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "2.0.0"
+    alias libs.plugins.nexus.publish
     id "dex2jar.build-conventions"
     alias libs.plugins.versions
 }
diff --git a/d2j-external/build.gradle b/d2j-external/build.gradle
index afd7d10a..f4472bdd 100644
--- a/d2j-external/build.gradle
+++ b/d2j-external/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "8.1.1"
+    alias libs.plugins.shadow
     id "dex2jar.build-conventions"
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 270de81c..197971d7 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ commons-compress = '1.26.2'
 junit = '5.10.3'
 junit-platform = '1.10.3'
 r8 = '4.0.63' # Newer versions only for Java 11+
+nexus-publish-plugin = '2.0.0'
+shadow-plugin = '8.1.1'
 versions-plugin = '0.51.0'
 
 [libraries]
@@ -24,4 +26,6 @@ junit-platform-launcher = { module = "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher
 r8 = { module = "com.android.tools:r8", version.ref = "r8" }
 
 [plugins]
+nexus-publish = { id = "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin", version.ref = "nexus-publish-plugin" }
+shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version.ref = "shadow-plugin" }
 versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version.ref = "versions-plugin" }