diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 0b32309..435b04d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ plugins {
     id("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") version "0.36.0"
 }
 
-group = "org.eclipse.dataplane-core"
-version = "0.0.12-SNAPSHOT"
-
 subprojects {
     apply(plugin = "signing")
     apply(plugin = "maven-publish")
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e884544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+group=org.eclipse.dataplane-core
+version=0.0.12-SNAPSHOT