diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f3ea259ae9..7741454701 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.4-SNAPSHOT")
         spring_version = "5.3.22"
-        jackson_version = "2.13.2"
-        jackson_databind_version = "2.13.2.2"
     }
 
     repositories {
@@ -31,6 +29,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'jacoco'
 }
 
+// import versions defined in https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/main/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/OpenSearchJavaPlugin.java#L94
+// versions https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/main/buildSrc/version.properties
+apply plugin: 'opensearch.java'
+
 // Repository on root level is for dependencies that project code depends on. And this block must be placed after plugins{}
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     configurations.all {
-        resolutionStrategy.force "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson_databind_version}"
+        resolutionStrategy.force "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}"
     }
 }
 checkstyle {
diff --git a/opensearch/build.gradle b/opensearch/build.gradle
index 88019a0542..e871224004 100644
--- a/opensearch/build.gradle
+++ b/opensearch/build.gradle
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ dependencies {
     compile project(':core')
     compile group: 'org.opensearch', name: 'opensearch', version: "${opensearch_version}"
     compile "io.github.resilience4j:resilience4j-retry:1.5.0"
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: "${jackson_version}"
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${jackson_databind_version}"
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-cbor', version: "${jackson_version}"
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: "${versions.jackson}"
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${versions.jackson_databind}"
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-cbor', version: "${versions.jackson}"
     compile group: 'org.json', name: 'json', version:'20180813'
     compileOnly group: 'org.opensearch.client', name: 'opensearch-rest-high-level-client', version: "${opensearch_version}"
     compile group: 'org.opensearch', name:'opensearch-ml-client', version: '1.3.4.0-SNAPSHOT'
diff --git a/protocol/build.gradle b/protocol/build.gradle
index bd36f4dc06..8cbf694ff4 100644
--- a/protocol/build.gradle
+++ b/protocol/build.gradle
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     compile group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '31.0.1-jre'
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: "${jackson_version}"
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${jackson_databind_version}"
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-cbor', version: "${jackson_version}"
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: "${versions.jackson}"
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${versions.jackson_databind}"
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-cbor', version: "${versions.jackson}"
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9'
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':opensearch')