diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 89a5a62e83..7906ef55cf 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 pluginManagement {
+    // TODO: remove this once https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/23572 is fixed
+    val (gprUser, gprKey) = if (File(".gradle/gradle.properties").exists()) {
+        File(".gradle/gradle.properties").inputStream().use {
+            java.util.Properties().apply { load(it) }.let {
+                it.getProperty("gpr.user") to it.getProperty("gpr.key")
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        null to null
+    }
+
     repositories {
         gradlePluginPortal()
         google()
@@ -7,13 +18,24 @@ pluginManagement {
         maven {
             url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/revanced/revanced-patcher")
             credentials {
-                username = providers.gradleProperty("gpr.user").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
-                password = providers.gradleProperty("gpr.key").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+                username = gprUser ?: providers.gradleProperty("gpr.user").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
+                password = gprKey ?: providers.gradleProperty("gpr.key").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
             }
         }
     }
 }
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    // TODO: remove this once https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/23572 is fixed
+    val (gprUser, gprKey) = if (File(".gradle/gradle.properties").exists()) {
+        File(".gradle/gradle.properties").inputStream().use {
+            java.util.Properties().apply { load(it) }.let {
+                it.getProperty("gpr.user") to it.getProperty("gpr.key")
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        null to null
+    }
+
     repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
     repositories {
         google()
@@ -22,8 +44,8 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
         maven {
             url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/revanced/revanced-patcher")
             credentials {
-                username = providers.gradleProperty("gpr.user").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
-                password = providers.gradleProperty("gpr.key").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+                username = gprUser ?: providers.gradleProperty("gpr.user").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
+                password = gprKey ?: providers.gradleProperty("gpr.key").orNull ?: System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
             }
         }
     }