diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9810e5a3b..71e4cd0e8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config {
     coverage {
         jacoco {
             enabled = true
-            toolVersion = jacocoVersion
+            toolVersion = jacocoPluginVersion
         }
     }
 }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ subprojects { subproj ->
 	        }
             coverage {
                 jacoco {
-		            toolVersion = jacocoVersion
+		            toolVersion = jacocoPluginVersion
                 }
             }
 	    }
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ subprojects { p ->
         coverage {
             jacoco {
                 enabled = hasTestsAt(p.file('src/test'))
-		        toolVersion = jacocoVersion
+		        toolVersion = jacocoPluginVersion
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/connectors/riot-redis/riot-redis.gradle b/connectors/riot-redis/riot-redis.gradle
index e647b8f0a..45cacf977 100644
--- a/connectors/riot-redis/riot-redis.gradle
+++ b/connectors/riot-redis/riot-redis.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  */
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':riot-core')
-    implementation group: 'org.latencyutils', name: 'LatencyUtils', version: latencyutilsVersion
     testImplementation group: 'com.redis', name: 'spring-batch-redis-test', version: springBatchRedisVersion
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 79012fb2f..a4ad07d43 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ asciidoctorPluginVersion    = 3.3.2
 bootPluginVersion           = 3.2.5
 dependencyPluginVersion     = 1.1.4
 gitPluginVersion            = 3.0.0
-jacocoVersion               = 0.8.12
+jacocoPluginVersion         = 0.8.12
+jdksPluginVersion           = 1.11.0
 kordampBuildVersion         = 3.4.0
 kordampPluginVersion        = 0.54.0
 
@@ -34,8 +35,6 @@ awsVersion                  = 2.2.6.RELEASE
 datafakerVersion            = 2.1.0
 gcpVersion                  = 1.2.8.RELEASE
 globVersion                 = 0.9.0
-jdksPluginVersion           = 1.5.1
-latencyutilsVersion         = 2.0.3
 lettucemodVersion           = 3.7.3
 picocliVersion              = 4.7.5
 progressbarVersion          = 0.10.0