diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 053698f7c..8b5878178 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,105 +1,83 @@
 import org.hypertrace.gradle.publishing.License.APACHE_2_0;
 
 plugins {
-    `java-library`
-    id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "5.2.0" apply false
-    id("org.hypertrace.publish-maven-central-plugin") version "1.0.4" apply false
-    id("org.hypertrace.ci-utils-plugin") version "0.3.0"
-    id("org.gradle.test-retry") version "1.2.0" apply false
-    id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "7.1.1"
+  id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "5.2.0" apply false
+  id("org.hypertrace.publish-maven-central-plugin") version "1.0.6"
+  id("org.hypertrace.ci-utils-plugin") version "0.3.0"
+  id("org.gradle.test-retry") version "1.2.0" apply false
+  id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "7.1.1"
 }
 
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-}
-
-allprojects {
-    apply(plugin="java-library")
-    java {
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+subprojects {
+  group = "org.hypertrace.agent"
+  description = "Hypertrace OpenTelemetry Javaagent"
+
+  apply(plugin = "java-library")
+  apply(plugin = "com.diffplug.spotless")
+  apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/spotless.gradle")
+  pluginManager.withPlugin("java-library") {
+    configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
+      sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+      targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
 
     repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
+      mavenCentral()
+      maven {
+        url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
+      }
     }
 
-    tasks.compileJava {
-        options.compilerArgs.add("-Werror")
+    tasks.named<JavaCompile>("compileJava") {
+      options.compilerArgs.add("-Werror")
     }
 
-
     tasks.withType<JavaCompile> {
-        options.compilerArgs.add("-Xlint:unchecked")
-        options.isDeprecation = true
-        options.release.set(8)
+      options.compilerArgs.add("-Xlint:unchecked")
+      options.isDeprecation = true
+      options.release.set(8)
     }
-}
-
-val testDependencies by configurations.creating {
-    extendsFrom(configurations.testImplementation.get())
-    extendsFrom(configurations.testRuntimeOnly.get())
-}
-
-subprojects {
-    group = "org.hypertrace.agent"
-    description = "Hypertrace OpenTelemetry Javaagent"
 
-    extra.set("versions", mapOf(
-            // when updating these values, some values must also be updated in buildSrc as this map
-            // cannot be accessed there
-            "opentelemetry" to "1.24.0",
-            "opentelemetry_semconv" to "1.24.0-alpha",
-            "opentelemetry_proto" to "0.11.0-alpha",
-            "opentelemetry_java_agent" to "1.24.0-alpha",
-            "opentelemetry_java_agent_all" to "1.24.0",
-            "opentelemetry_java_agent-tooling" to "1.24.0-alpha",
-
-            "opentelemetry_gradle_plugin" to "1.24.0-alpha",
-            "byte_buddy" to "1.12.10",
-                "slf4j" to "2.0.7"
-    ))
-
-    apply<JavaPlugin>()
-    apply(plugin = "com.diffplug.spotless")
-    apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/spotless.gradle")
-
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-        jcenter()
-        maven {
-            url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
-        }
+    dependencies {
+      add(JavaPlugin.TEST_IMPLEMENTATION_CONFIGURATION_NAME, "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.0")
+      add(JavaPlugin.TEST_RUNTIME_ONLY_CONFIGURATION_NAME, "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.0")
+      add(JavaPlugin.TEST_IMPLEMENTATION_CONFIGURATION_NAME, "org.junit-pioneer:junit-pioneer:1.0.0")
     }
 
-    pluginManager.withPlugin("org.hypertrace.publish-maven-central-plugin") {
-        configure<org.hypertrace.gradle.publishing.HypertracePublishMavenCentralExtension> {
-            repoName.set("javaagent")
-            license.set(APACHE_2_0)
-        }
+    tasks.named<Test>("test") {
+      useJUnitPlatform()
+      reports {
+        junitXml.isOutputPerTestCase = true
+      }
     }
 
-    dependencies {
-        testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.0")
-        testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.0")
-        testImplementation("org.junit-pioneer:junit-pioneer:1.0.0")
-    }
+    extra.set("versions", mapOf(
+        // when updating these values, some values must also be updated in buildSrc as this map
+        // cannot be accessed there
+        "opentelemetry" to "1.24.0",
+        "opentelemetry_semconv" to "1.24.0-alpha",
+        "opentelemetry_proto" to "0.11.0-alpha",
+        "opentelemetry_java_agent" to "1.24.0-alpha",
+        "opentelemetry_java_agent_all" to "1.24.0",
+        "opentelemetry_java_agent-tooling" to "1.24.0-alpha",
+
+        "opentelemetry_gradle_plugin" to "1.24.0-alpha",
+        "byte_buddy" to "1.12.10",
+        "slf4j" to "2.0.7"
+    ))
+  }
 
-    tasks {
-        test {
-            useJUnitPlatform()
-            reports {
-                junitXml.isOutputPerTestCase = true
-            }
-        }
+  pluginManager.withPlugin("org.hypertrace.publish-maven-central-plugin") {
+    configure<org.hypertrace.gradle.publishing.HypertracePublishMavenCentralExtension> {
+      repoName.set("javaagent")
+      license.set(APACHE_2_0)
     }
+  }
 }
 
 dependencyCheck {
-    format = org.owasp.dependencycheck.reporting.ReportGenerator.Format.valueOf("ALL")
+  format = org.owasp.dependencycheck.reporting.ReportGenerator.Format.valueOf("ALL")
 //    suppressionFile = "owasp-suppressions.xml"
-    scanConfigurations.add("runtimeClasspath")
-    failBuildOnCVSS = 7.0F
+  scanConfigurations.add("runtimeClasspath")
+  failBuildOnCVSS = 7.0F
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 8bea75384..684caa445 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,14 +24,20 @@ repositories {
   mavenCentral()
 }
 
+tasks {
+  processResources {
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
+  }
+}
+
 dependencies {
-  implementation(gradleApi())
+  compileOnly(gradleApi())
   implementation(localGroovy())
   val otelInstrumentationVersion = "1.24.0-alpha"
   implementation("io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-muzzle:$otelInstrumentationVersion")
   implementation("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.muzzle-generation:io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.muzzle-generation.gradle.plugin:$otelInstrumentationVersion")
   implementation("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.muzzle-check:io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.muzzle-check.gradle.plugin:$otelInstrumentationVersion")
-  implementation("com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:6.0.0")
+  implementation("com.github.johnrengelman", "shadow","8.1.1")
   implementation("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-connector-basic", "1.1.0")
   implementation("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-transport-http", "1.1.0")
   implementation("org.apache.maven", "maven-aether-provider", "3.3.9")
@@ -40,10 +46,10 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.ow2.asm", "asm", "9.1")
   implementation("org.ow2.asm", "asm-tree", "9.1")
   implementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.10")
-  implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-gradle-plugin:1.12.6") {
+  implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-gradle-plugin:1.14.2") {
     exclude(group = "net.bytebuddy", module = "byte-buddy")
   }
-  implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-dep:1.12.13")
+  implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-dep:1.14.2")
 
   testImplementation("org.spockframework", "spock-core", "1.3-groovy-2.5")
   testImplementation("org.codehaus.groovy", "groovy-all", "2.5.8")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MuzzlePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MuzzlePlugin.groovy
index 85a20728d..3b1804587 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MuzzlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MuzzlePlugin.groovy
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ class MuzzlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   static {
     RemoteRepository central = new RemoteRepository.Builder("central", "default", "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/").build()
     RemoteRepository sonatype = new RemoteRepository.Builder("sonatype", "default", "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/").build()
-    RemoteRepository jcenter = new RemoteRepository.Builder("jcenter", "default", "https://jcenter.bintray.com/").build()
+    RemoteRepository mavenCentral = new RemoteRepository.Builder("mavenCentral", "default", "https://mavencentral.bintray.com/").build()
     RemoteRepository spring = new RemoteRepository.Builder("spring", "default", "https://repo.spring.io/libs-release/").build()
     RemoteRepository jboss = new RemoteRepository.Builder("jboss", "default", "https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases/").build()
     RemoteRepository typesafe = new RemoteRepository.Builder("typesafe", "default", "https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases").build()
     RemoteRepository akka = new RemoteRepository.Builder("akka", "default", "https://dl.bintray.com/akka/maven/").build()
     RemoteRepository atlassian = new RemoteRepository.Builder("atlassian", "default", "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/").build()
 //    MUZZLE_REPOS = Arrays.asList(central, sonatype, jcenter, spring, jboss, typesafe, akka, atlassian)
-    MUZZLE_REPOS = Arrays.asList(central, jcenter, typesafe)
+    MUZZLE_REPOS = Arrays.asList(central, mavenCentral, typesafe)
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/gradle/java.gradle b/gradle/java.gradle
index 588429738..38e8b5774 100644
--- a/gradle/java.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ jar {
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
     mavenCentral()
-    jcenter()
     maven {
         url "https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases"
     }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index be52383ef..a59520664 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-httpasyncclient-4.1/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/apache-httpasyncclient-4.1/build.gradle.kts
index 957743c14..8b186e64b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-httpasyncclient-4.1/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-httpasyncclient-4.1/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
         io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient-4.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient-4.0/build.gradle.kts
index 0d7cf02e8..d2045c18a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient-4.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient-4.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     // TODO this check fails, but it passes in OTEL https://github.com/hypertrace/javaagent/issues/144
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/build.gradle.kts
index 6babfafb1..9a37bec5d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-import com.google.protobuf.gradle.*
+import com.google.protobuf.gradle.id
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
     idea
-    id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.8.13"
+    id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.9.4"
     id("net.bytebuddy.byte-buddy")
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-    project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+    files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
@@ -37,23 +38,22 @@ idea {
 val testGrpcVersion = "1.30.0"
 
 protobuf {
-    protoc {
-        // The artifact spec for the Protobuf Compiler
-        artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.3.0"
+  protoc {
+    // The artifact spec for the Protobuf Compiler
+    artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.3.0"
+  }
+  plugins {
+    id("grpc") {
+      artifact = "io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.6.0"
     }
-    plugins {
-        id("grpc") {
-            artifact = "io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.6.0"
-        }
-    }
-    generateProtoTasks {
-        all().forEach { task ->
-            task.plugins {
-                id("grpc") {
-                }
-            }
-        }
+  }
+  generateProtoTasks {
+    all().configureEach {
+      plugins {
+        id("grpc")
+      }
     }
+  }
 }
 
 val versions: Map<String, String> by extra
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2")
 
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":testing-common")))
-    testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:grpc-shaded-netty-1.9"))
+
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:grpc-shaded-netty-1.9").artifacts))
 
     testImplementation("io.grpc:grpc-core:${grpcVersion}") {
         version {
@@ -99,11 +100,15 @@ dependencies {
     }
 }
 
+fun computeSourceSetNameForVersion(input: String): String {
+  return "test_${input.replace(".","")}"
+}
+
 val grpcVersions = listOf(grpcVersion, "1.30.0")
 
 sourceSets {
     for (version in grpcVersions) {
-        create("test_$version") {
+        create(computeSourceSetNameForVersion(version)) {
             dependencies {
                 implementationConfigurationName("io.grpc:grpc-core:$version")
             }
@@ -112,10 +117,10 @@ sourceSets {
 }
 
 tasks.compileTestJava {
-    this.classpath += sourceSets.named("test_$grpcVersion").get().output
+    this.classpath += sourceSets.named(computeSourceSetNameForVersion(grpcVersion)).get().output
 }
 tasks.test {
-    classpath += sourceSets.named("test_$grpcVersion").get().output
+    classpath += sourceSets.named(computeSourceSetNameForVersion(grpcVersion)).get().output
 }
 
 for (version in listOf("1.30.0")) {
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ for (version in listOf("1.30.0")) {
     }
     val versionedTest = task<Test>("test_${version}") {
         group = "verification"
-        classpath = versionedConfiguration + sourceSets.main.get().output + sourceSets.test.get().output + sourceSets.named("test_$version").get().output
+        classpath = versionedConfiguration + sourceSets.main.get().output + sourceSets.test.get().output + sourceSets.named(computeSourceSetNameForVersion(version)).get().output
         useJUnitPlatform()
     }
     tasks.check { dependsOn(versionedTest) }
diff --git a/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_1.30.0/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java b/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_1300/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_1.30.0/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java
rename to instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_1300/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java
diff --git a/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_1.6.0/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java b/instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_160/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_1.6.0/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java
rename to instrumentation/grpc-1.6/src/test_160/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/grpc/v1_6/GrpcChannelProvider.java
diff --git a/instrumentation/grpc-shaded-netty-1.9/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/grpc-shaded-netty-1.9/build.gradle.kts
index 2f5398c3e..05926dbcc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/grpc-shaded-netty-1.9/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/grpc-shaded-netty-1.9/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ plugins {
     muzzle
 }
 
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
+
 muzzle {
     pass {
         group = "io.grpc"
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/java-streams/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/java-streams/build.gradle.kts
index 948ede59a..c1a05f636 100644
--- a/instrumentation/java-streams/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/java-streams/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ plugins {
     muzzle
 }
 
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
+
 muzzle {
     pass {
         coreJdk()
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client-2.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client-2.0/build.gradle.kts
index 2473e2037..a0ffcda8d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client-2.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client-2.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-semconv:${versions["opentelemetry_semconv"]}")
 
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:apache-httpclient-4.0"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:apache-httpclient-4.0").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation:opentelemetry-javaagent-apache-httpclient-4.0:${versions["opentelemetry_java_agent"]}")
     testImplementation("org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client:3.0.5.Final")
     // ^ This version has timeouts https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RESTEASY-975
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/build.gradle.kts
index e0470460e..f62ddb27d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/build.gradle.kts
index e9d416987..50b12c314 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/build.gradle.kts
index 6e2d9e8ce..e91e2aa23 100644
--- a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/build.gradle.kts
index 0720a6445..31b407f11 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     muzzleBootstrap("io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation:opentelemetry-javaagent-servlet-common-bootstrap:${versions["opentelemetry_java_agent"]}")
 
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-rw"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-rw").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":testing-common")) as ProjectDependency) {
         exclude(group = "org.eclipse.jetty", module = "jetty-server")
     }
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-rw/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-rw/build.gradle.kts
index a249d7153..7aabd1cce 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-rw/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-rw/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spark-2.3/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spark-2.3/build.gradle.kts
index 38fed1b05..9561e42f6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spark-2.3/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spark-2.3/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 // building against 2.3 and testing against 2.4 because JettyHandler is available since 2.4 only
 muzzle {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly("com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.3")
 
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-rw"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-rw").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":testing-common")))
     testImplementation("com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.3")
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-semconv:${versions["opentelemetry_semconv"]}")
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux-5.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux-5.0/build.gradle.kts
index 8596cc961..e200a02cf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux-5.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux-5.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ configurations.testRuntimeClasspath {
 dependencies {
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":testing-common")))
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:netty:netty-4.1"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:netty:netty-4.1").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
     testImplementation("org.springframework:spring-webflux:5.0.0.RELEASE")
     testImplementation("io.projectreactor.ipc:reactor-netty:0.7.0.RELEASE")
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/struts-2.3/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/struts-2.3/build.gradle.kts
index a02a958cc..e72e7b3cf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/struts-2.3/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/struts-2.3/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ val versions: Map<String, String> by extra
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-rw"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-rw").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-3.0"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:servlet:servlet-3.0").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":testing-common")) as ProjectDependency) {
         exclude(group = "org.eclipse.jetty", module = "jetty-server")
     }
diff --git a/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-1.4/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-1.4/build.gradle.kts
index 06f581558..5234c9c0e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-1.4/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-1.4/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-servlet-1.4/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-servlet-1.4/build.gradle.kts
index a7555d69e..1acf29120 100644
--- a/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-servlet-1.4/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/undertow/undertow-servlet-1.4/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 muzzle {
     pass {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+        files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/build.gradle.kts
index d4267e7a8..a4af0a9aa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ plugins {
     id("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.auto-instrumentation")
     muzzle
 }
+evaluationDependsOn(":javaagent-tooling")
 
 afterEvaluate{
     io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.gradle.bytebuddy.ByteBuddyPluginConfigurator(project,
             sourceSets.main.get(),
             io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.muzzle.generation.MuzzleCodeGenerationPlugin::class.java.name,
-            project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"] + configurations.runtimeClasspath
+            files(project(":javaagent-tooling").configurations["instrumentationMuzzle"], configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     ).configure()
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":testing-common")))
     testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:netty:netty-4.0"))
+    testImplementation(files(project(":instrumentation:netty:netty-4.0").dependencyProject.sourceSets.main.map { it.output }))
 
     testImplementation("io.netty:netty-codec-http:${nettyVersion}") {
         version {
diff --git a/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts b/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts
index e00d1f9d3..bd574bf27 100644
--- a/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,13 +9,5 @@ dependencies {
     api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${versions["opentelemetry"]}")
     api("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:${versions["opentelemetry"]}")
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions["slf4j"]}")
-    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.13.4") {
-        constraints {
-            implementation("org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.31") {
-                because(
-                    "SNYK error SNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-2806360"
-                )
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.16.0")
 }
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/build.gradle.kts b/javaagent-tooling/build.gradle.kts
index 20fe6f63a..255ffe7f5 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     instrumentationMuzzle("io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-muzzle:${versions["opentelemetry_java_agent"]}")
     api("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:${versions["opentelemetry"]}")
-    instrumentationMuzzle("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:gradle-plugins:${versions["opentelemetry_gradle_plugin"]}")
+    instrumentationMuzzle("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:gradle-plugins:${versions["opentelemetry_gradle_plugin"]}") {
+        exclude(group = "gradle.plugin.com.github.johnrengelman", module = "shadow")
+    }
     instrumentationMuzzle("io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent-bootstrap:${versions["opentelemetry_java_agent"]}")
     instrumentationMuzzle("io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent-extension-api:${versions["opentelemetry_java_agent"]}")
     instrumentationMuzzle("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-dep:1.12.6")
diff --git a/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index c2febd5a3..076c41262 100644
--- a/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ tasks {
 
         relocate("org.slf4j", "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.slf4j")
         relocate("java.util.logging.Logger", "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.PatchLogger")
+        relocate("com.fasterxml.jackson", "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.org.hypertrace.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson")
+        relocate("org.yaml", "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.org.hypertrace.shaded.org.yaml")
 
         // prevents conflict with library instrumentation
         relocate("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api", "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.instrumentation.api")
diff --git a/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts b/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts
index ec489898b..a752d48cb 100644
--- a/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import com.google.protobuf.gradle.*
 plugins {
     `java-library`
     idea
-    id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.8.13"
+    id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.9.4"
 }
 
 
@@ -59,15 +59,7 @@ dependencies {
     api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java")
     api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util")
     // convert yaml to json, since java protobuf impl supports only json
-    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.13.4") {
-        constraints {
-            implementation("org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.31") {
-                because(
-                    "SNYK error SNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-2806360"
-                )
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.16.0")
     // fix vulnerability
     constraints {
         api("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9")
diff --git a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
index 80efe02b5..6de59095c 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies{
     testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.15.8")
     testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core:1.3-groovy-2.5")
     testImplementation("info.solidsoft.spock:spock-global-unroll:0.5.1")
-    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.4")
+    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.0")
     testImplementation("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.5.11")
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-semconv:${versions["opentelemetry"]}-alpha")
 }
diff --git a/smoke-tests/matrix/build.gradle b/smoke-tests/matrix/build.gradle
index 1e72004aa..bc44a77c5 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/matrix/build.gradle
+++ b/smoke-tests/matrix/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ compileJava {
 }
 
 repositories {
-  jcenter()
+  mavenCentral()
 }
 dependencies {
   implementation("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
diff --git a/testing-common/build.gradle.kts b/testing-common/build.gradle.kts
index 3f4a2f783..a1ccb996c 100644
--- a/testing-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/testing-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ plugins {
     id("net.bytebuddy.byte-buddy")
 }
 
-configurations {
-    implementation.get().extendsFrom(project(":").configurations["testDependencies"])
-}
-
 val versions: Map<String, String> by extra
 
 dependencies {