diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
index d6d5217667a73a1529d73ac59260bcf47d8cf2e1..333a87bf55bcd0051be05ca91dfe8dc9a2e9e8fa 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
@@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:24.1-jre'
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.2'
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.6.1'
-    compile project(':flink-commons')
+    implementation project(':flink-commons')
 
     //compile group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: "2.2.0"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: 'flink-java', version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-streaming-java_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version:"${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-table-api-java-bridge_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-table-planner-blink_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-connector-kafka_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-java:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-table-api-java-bridge_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-table-planner-blink_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-connector-kafka_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
     implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-avro:${flinkVersion}"
     implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-avro-confluent-registry:${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-runtime-web_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}" // TODO: remove after development
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-statebackend-rocksdb_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-metrics-prometheus_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-runtime-web_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}" // For debugging
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-statebackend-rocksdb_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-metrics-prometheus_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
 
     // Use JUnit test framework
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/build.gradle
index 1b0b9359a406bf2ab16fbbe52631877cf360df2a..0da7c6f93f4e77e1376f5f2d006ec0bf0f398ec8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/flink-commons/build.gradle
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ dependencies {
     implementation('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common:0.1.0-flink-ready-SNAPSHOT') { changing = true }
     implementation('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common-kafka:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT') { changing = true }
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1-jre'
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-connector-kafka_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-statebackend-rocksdb_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-runtime_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: 'flink-java', version: "${flinkVersion}"
-    compile group: 'org.apache.flink', name: "flink-streaming-java_${scalaBinaryVersion}", version:"${flinkVersion}"
+
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-java:${flinkVersion}"    
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-connector-kafka_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
     implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-avro:${flinkVersion}"
     implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-avro-confluent-registry:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-runtime-web_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}" // For debugging
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-statebackend-rocksdb_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
+    implementation "org.apache.flink:flink-metrics-prometheus_${scalaBinaryVersion}:${flinkVersion}"
     
     // Use JUnit test framework
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'