diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f19a330f5..8cfb4ba87 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -45,12 +45,16 @@ ext.versions = [
         fenzoVersion : '0.13.8',
         flink    : "1.14.2",
         gsonVersion : "2.8.+",
+        guavaFailureAccessVersion : '1.0.1',
+        guavaVersion : '31.1-jre',
         guiceVersion : "4.2.2",
         hadoop   : "2.7.7",
         hdrHistogramVersion : '2.+',
         httpComponentsVersion : '4.5.6',
         icebergVersion : "0.14.+",
+        jacksonVersion : '2.12.+',
         jctoolsVersion : "1.+",
+        jlineVersion : '0.9.94',
         jodaTimeVersion : '2.+',
         jsonVersion : '20180813',
         junit4   : "4.11",
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ ext.versions = [
         mockito  : "2.18.+",
         mockito3 : "3.+",
         mqlVersion : '3.4.+',
+        nettyVersion3 : '3.7.0.Final',
         nettyVersion : "4.1.34.Final",
         parquetVersion : "1.12.0",
         rxJavaMathVersion : "0.20.6",
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ ext.versions = [
         slf4j    : "1.7.0",
         testngVersion : '6.14.+',
         vavr     : "0.9.2",
+        zookeeperVersion : '3.4.+',
 ]
 
 ext.libraries = [
@@ -93,6 +99,12 @@ ext.libraries = [
         commonsLang3   : 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.5',
         configMagic    : "org.skife.config:config-magic:${versions.configMagicVersion}",
         cliParser      : "com.github.spullara.cli-parser:cli-parser:${versions.cliParserVersion}",
+        curator        : [
+            "org.apache.curator:curator-recipes:${versions.curatorVersion}",
+            "org.apache.curator:curator-framework:${versions.curatorVersion}",
+            "org.apache.curator:curator-client:${versions.curatorVersion}",
+        ],
+        failureaccess  : "com.google.guava:failureaccess:${versions.guavaFailureAccessVersion}",
         fenzoCore      : "com.netflix.fenzo:fenzo-core:${versions.fenzoVersion}",
         fenzoTriggers  : "com.netflix.fenzo:fenzo-triggers:${versions.fenzoVersion}",
         flinkCore      : "org.apache.flink:flink-core:${versions.flink}",
@@ -107,6 +119,7 @@ ext.libraries = [
                 "junit:junit-dep:${versions.junit4}",
         ],
         gson           : "com.google.code.gson:gson:${versions.gsonVersion}",
+        guava          : "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guavaVersion}",
         guice          : "com.google.inject:guice:${versions.guiceVersion}",
         hadoopCommon   : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:${versions.hadoop}",
         hadoopS3       : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-aws:${versions.hadoop}",
@@ -120,8 +133,18 @@ ext.libraries = [
             "org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-data:${versions.icebergVersion}",
             "org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-parquet:${versions.icebergVersion}", 
         ],
+        jackson        : [
+            "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
+            "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
+            "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
+            "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
+        ],
+        jacksonDatatypeJsr310 : "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
+        jacksonModuleAfterburner : "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-afterburner:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
+        jacksonDataformatCbor :  "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:${versions.jacksonVersion}",
         jcip           : "net.jcip:jcip-annotations:1.0",
         jctools        : "org.jctools:jctools-core:${versions.jctoolsVersion}",
+        jline          : "jline:jline:${versions.jlineVersion}",
         jodaTime       : "joda-time:joda-time:${versions.jodaTimeVersion}",
         json           : "org.json:json:${versions.jsonVersion}",
         junitJupiter   : [
@@ -139,6 +162,7 @@ ext.libraries = [
         mockitoCore3   : "org.mockito:mockito-core:${versions.mockito3}",
         mockneat       : "net.andreinc:mockneat:0.4.8",
         mqlJvm         : "io.mantisrx:mql-jvm:${versions.mqlVersion}",
+        netty          : "io.netty:netty:${versions.nettyVersion}",
         nettyAll       : "io.netty:netty-all:${versions.nettyVersion}",
         nettyBuffer    : "io.netty:netty-buffer:${versions.nettyVersion}",
         nettyCodec     : "io.netty:netty-codec-http:${versions.nettyVersion}",
@@ -165,6 +189,7 @@ ext.libraries = [
         vavrTest       : "io.vavr:vavr-test:${versions.vavr}",
         wiremock       : "com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:2.21.0",
         zip4j          : "net.lingala.zip4j:zip4j:2.9.0",
+        zookeeper      : "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:${versions.zookeeperVersion}"
 ]
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/mantis-shaded/build.gradle b/mantis-shaded/build.gradle
index 6e43b5036..7ccf87bd0 100644
--- a/mantis-shaded/build.gradle
+++ b/mantis-shaded/build.gradle
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
  * On the second publish, you update all subprojects that depend on mantis-shaded
  */
 ext {
-    jacksonVersion = '2.12.+'
-    guavaFailureAccessVersion = '1.0.1'
-    guavaVersion = '31.1-jre'
-    curatorVersion = '2.12.+'
-    zookeeperVersion = '3.4.+'
-    jlineVersion = '0.9.94'
-    nettyVersion = '3.7.0.Final'
+    // jacksonVersion = '2.12.+'
+    // guavaFailureAccessVersion = '1.0.1'
+    // guavaVersion = '31.1-jre'
+    // curatorVersion = '2.12.+'
+    // zookeeperVersion = '3.4.+'
+    // jlineVersion = '0.9.94'
+    // nettyVersion = '3.7.0.Final'
 }
 
 configurations {
@@ -43,26 +43,21 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     // Libraries to be shaded. Add their dependencies that do not need to be shaded as 'implementation' dependencies
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$jacksonVersion"
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$jacksonVersion"
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonVersion"
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:$jacksonVersion"
+    shaded libraries.jackson
 
 //    TODO(sundaram): This can only be added when we can get rid of all ObjectMappers spilled throughout the codebase
 //    as the absence of this change would mean Instant for instance cannot be serialized by the existing ObjectMappers.
 //    @see <a href="https://github.com/Netflix/mantis/issues/194">Github issue describing the ObjectMapper problem</a>
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:$jacksonVersion"
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-afterburner:$jacksonVersion"
-    shaded "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:$jacksonVersion"
+    shaded libraries.jacksonDatatypeJsr310
+    shaded libraries.jacksonModuleAfterburner
+    shaded libraries.jacksonDataformatCbor
     shaded libraries.vavrJackson
-    shaded "com.google.guava:guava:$guavaVersion"
-    shaded "com.google.guava:failureaccess:$guavaFailureAccessVersion"
-    shaded "org.apache.curator:curator-recipes:$curatorVersion"
-    shaded "org.apache.curator:curator-framework:$curatorVersion"
-    shaded "org.apache.curator:curator-client:$curatorVersion"
-    shaded "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:$zookeeperVersion"
-    shaded "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
-    shaded "io.netty:netty:$nettyVersion"
+    shaded libraries.guava
+    shaded libraries.failureaccess
+    shaded libraries.curator
+    shaded libraries.zookeeper
+    shaded libraries.jline
+    shaded libraries.netty
 
     implementation libraries.vavr
 }