diff --git a/alerting/build.gradle b/alerting/build.gradle
index bdf842123..7bbb5f102 100644
--- a/alerting/build.gradle
+++ b/alerting/build.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.opensearchplugin'
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.pluginzip'
 apply plugin: 'jacoco'
+apply plugin: 'com.gradleup.shadow'
 
 def usingRemoteCluster = System.properties.containsKey('tests.rest.cluster') || System.properties.containsKey('tests.cluster')
 def usingMultiNode = project.properties.containsKey('numNodes')
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 52a8b5e94..51678a0e4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ buildscript {
     apply from: 'build-tools/repositories.gradle'
 
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
-        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT")
+        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "alpha1")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         // 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT -> 3.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
diff --git a/spi/build.gradle b/spi/build.gradle
index 5a586bd48..82bd20cf3 100644
--- a/spi/build.gradle
+++ b/spi/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.java-rest-test'
 apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
 apply plugin: 'jacoco'
-apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+apply plugin: 'com.gradleup.shadow'
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.repositories'
 
 dependencies {