diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bca01089e4..aac242918a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ buildscript {
     maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-dev-plugin:6.5.0'
+    classpath "com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-dev-plugin:$spinnakerGradleVersion"
     if (Boolean.valueOf(enablePublishing)) {
-      classpath "com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-gradle-project:6.5.0"
+      classpath "com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-gradle-project:$spinnakerGradleVersion"
     }
     classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.8'
   }
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ allprojects {
   apply plugin: 'java-library'
   apply plugin: 'groovy'
 
+  if (Boolean.valueOf(enablePublishing)) {
+    apply plugin: 'spinnaker.project'
+  }
+
   test {
     testLogging {
       showStandardStreams = false
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 10a6df41e5..c94927cdc7 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #Fri Mar 20 17:17:39 UTC 2020
 enablePublishing=false
+spinnakerGradleVersion=7.7.0
 korkVersion=7.29.1
 org.gradle.parallel=true
diff --git a/gradle/init-publish.gradle b/gradle/init-publish.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index d646f32c0b..0000000000
--- a/gradle/init-publish.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-initscript {
-    repositories {
-      mavenLocal()
-      jcenter()
-      maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/spinnaker/gradle/' }
-      maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-      classpath 'com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-gradle-project:5.2.2'
-    }
-}
-
-// Can't use the plugin ID (spinnaker.project) on init scripts for some reason.
-apply plugin: com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle.project.SpinnakerProjectPlugin