diff --git a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/ComplexProjectFunctionalTest.java b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/ComplexProjectFunctionalTest.java
index 6b563019..5bd6e794 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/ComplexProjectFunctionalTest.java
+++ b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/ComplexProjectFunctionalTest.java
@@ -113,19 +113,11 @@ public void ensureAlignmentFileCreated()
             SettingsXpp3Reader settingsXpp3Reader = new SettingsXpp3Reader();
             Settings generatedSettings = settingsXpp3Reader.read(reader);
             List<Repository> repositories = generatedSettings.getProfiles().get(0).getRepositories();
-
-            if (GradleVersion.current().compareTo(GradleVersion.version("7.4")) <= 0) {
-                assertThat(repositories).extracting("url").containsOnly(
-                        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
-                        "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/",
-                        "https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/");
-            } else {
-                assertThat(repositories).extracting("url").containsOnly(
-                        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
-                        "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2",
-                        "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/",
-                        "https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/");
-            }
+            assertThat(repositories).extracting("url").containsOnly(
+                    "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
+                    "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2",
+                    "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/",
+                    "https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectFunctionalTest.java b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectFunctionalTest.java
index 35e4f070..c58eda52 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectFunctionalTest.java
+++ b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectFunctionalTest.java
@@ -145,18 +145,12 @@ public void ensureAlignmentFileCreatedAndAlignmentTaskRun()
             Settings generatedSettings = settingsXpp3Reader.read(reader);
             List<Repository> repositories = generatedSettings.getProfiles().get(0).getRepositories();
 
-            if (GradleVersion.current().compareTo(GradleVersion.version("7.4")) <= 0) {
-                assertThat(repositories).extracting("url")
-                        // should not contain duplicate entries
-                        .containsOnly(
-                                "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/");
-            } else {
-                assertThat(repositories).extracting("url")
-                        // should not contain duplicate entries
-                        .containsOnly(
-                                "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
-                                "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2");
-            }
+            assertThat(repositories).extracting("url")
+                    // should not contain duplicate entries
+                    .containsOnly(
+                            "https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/kotlin/p/kotlinx/maven",
+                            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
+                            "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2");
         }
 
         // make sure the project name was not changed
diff --git a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectWithOverridesFunctionalTest.java b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectWithOverridesFunctionalTest.java
index 1724c6fb..6340f510 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectWithOverridesFunctionalTest.java
+++ b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/MultiModuleProjectWithOverridesFunctionalTest.java
@@ -174,18 +174,11 @@ public void ensureAlignmentFileCreatedAndAlignmentTaskRun()
             Settings generatedSettings = settingsXpp3Reader.read(reader);
             List<Repository> repositories = generatedSettings.getProfiles().get(0).getRepositories();
 
-            if (GradleVersion.current().compareTo(GradleVersion.version("7.4")) <= 0) {
-                assertThat(repositories).extracting("url")
-                        // should not contain duplicate entries
-                        .containsOnly(
-                                "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/");
-            } else {
-                assertThat(repositories).extracting("url")
-                        // should not contain duplicate entries
-                        .containsOnly(
-                                "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
-                                "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2");
-            }
+            assertThat(repositories).extracting("url")
+                    // should not contain duplicate entries
+                    .containsOnly(
+                            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
+                            "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2");
         }
 
         // make sure the project name was not changed
diff --git a/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle b/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle
index b509f4bc..b7f9fd22 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle
+++ b/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url = "https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/kotlin/p/kotlinx/maven"
+        }
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
+
 rootProject.name = 'root'
 include 'subproject1'
 include 'subproject1:subproject11'
diff --git a/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java b/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java
index 2cf09563..4b1f0ef4 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java
+++ b/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolvedDependency;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.UnresolvedDependency;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.MavenArtifactRepository;
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Attribute;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.GradleInternal;
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.result.DefaultResolvedDependencyResult;
 import org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultPluginManager;
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger;
@@ -257,6 +259,15 @@ public void perform() {
                     org.jboss.gm.common.utils.FileUtils.relativize(root, project.getProjectDir().toPath())));
             project.getBuildscript().getRepositories().forEach(r -> cache.addRepository(r,
                     org.jboss.gm.common.utils.FileUtils.relativize(root, project.getProjectDir().toPath())));
+            // Complete hack due to
+            //  /~https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/19711
+            //  /~https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/17295
+            //  /~https://github.com/gradlex-org/jvm-dependency-conflict-resolution/blob/1c25db65e0080ee5dcb9f54bd7db2dda4ca80b6c/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javaecosystem/capabilities/BasePluginApplication.java
+            ((GradleInternal) project.getGradle()).getSettings().getSettings().getPluginManagement().getRepositories().forEach(
+                    r -> {
+                        cache.addRepository(r,
+                                org.jboss.gm.common.utils.FileUtils.relativize(root, project.getProjectDir().toPath()));
+                    });
 
             if (StringUtils.isBlank(groupId) ||
                     DEFAULT_VERSION.equals(currentProjectVersion)) {
diff --git a/manipulation/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle b/manipulation/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle
index d37eb0c2..16d4de1b 100644
--- a/manipulation/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle
+++ b/manipulation/src/functTest/resources/multi-module/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 rootProject.name = 'root'
 include 'subproject1'
-include 'subproject2'
\ No newline at end of file
+include 'subproject2'