diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 031ac090..856a1f51 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -54,53 +54,53 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$version_kotlin"
+    implementation libs.kotlin.stdlib.jdk8
 
     // Support libraries
-    implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$version_appcompat"
-    implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment:$version_fragment"
-    implementation "androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:$version_constraint_layout"
+    implementation libs.androidx.appcompat
+    implementation libs.androidx.fragment
+    implementation libs.androidx.constraintlayout
 
     // Android KTX
-    implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:$version_core"
+    implementation libs.androidx.core.ktx
 
     // Navigation
-    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:$version_navigation"
-    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:$version_navigation"
+    implementation libs.androidx.navigation.fragment.ktx
+    implementation libs.androidx.navigation.ui.ktx.v277
 
     // Coroutines for getting off the UI thread
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$version_kotlin_coroutines"
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$version_kotlin_coroutines"
+    implementation libs.kotlinx.coroutines.android
 
     // Retrofit for networking
-    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$version_retrofit"
-    implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-moshi:$version_retrofit"
-    implementation "com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter:$version_retrofit_coroutines_adapter"
+    implementation libs.retrofit
+    implementation libs.converter.moshi
+    implementation libs.retrofit2.kotlin.coroutines.adapter
 
     // Moshi for parsing the JSON format
-    implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi:$version_moshi"
-    implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:$version_moshi"
+    implementation libs.moshi
+    implementation libs.moshi.kotlin
 
     // Joda time library for dealing with time
-    implementation "joda-time:joda-time:$version_joda"
+    implementation libs.joda.time
 
     // ViewModel and LiveData (arch components)
-    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:$version_lifecycle_extensions"
-    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$lifecycle_version"
+    implementation libs.androidx.lifecycle.extensions
+    implementation libs.androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.ktx
 
     // Logging
-    implementation "com.jakewharton.timber:timber:$version_timber"
+    implementation libs.timber
 
     // Glide for images
-    implementation "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$version_glide"
+    implementation libs.glide
 
     // Room database
-    implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$version_room"
+    implementation libs.androidx.room.runtime
     kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:$version_room"
 
     // Kotlin Extensions and Coroutines support for Room
-    implementation "androidx.room:room-ktx:$version_room"
+    implementation libs.androidx.room.ktx
 
     // WorkManager
-    implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:$version_work"
+    implementation libs.androidx.work.runtime.ktx
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2a989766..b2bffba0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildscript {
         version_retrofit_coroutines_adapter = "0.9.2"
         version_navigation = '2.7.7'
         version_constraint_layout = "2.1.4"
-        version_gradle = '8.4.2'
+        version_gradle = '8.6.0'
         version_kotlin = "1.9.24"
         version_lifecycle_extensions = "2.2.0"
         lifecycle_version = "2.8.2"
@@ -61,7 +61,3 @@ allprojects {
         mavenCentral()
     }
 }
-
-task clean(type: Delete) {
-    delete rootProject.buildDir
-}