diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8026b17f..489e405f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
+        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "alpha1")
         // 2.2.0-SNAPSHOT -> 2.2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
         opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
diff --git a/spi/build.gradle b/spi/build.gradle
index 75e07ba7..3d6472a2 100644
--- a/spi/build.gradle
+++ b/spi/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.ShadowBasePlugin
 import org.opensearch.gradle.test.RestIntegTestTask
 
 plugins {
-    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+    id 'com.gradleup.shadow'
     id 'jacoco'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'signing'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ext {
 }
 
 jacoco {
-    toolVersion = '0.8.7'
+    toolVersion = '0.8.12'
     reportsDirectory = file("$buildDir/JacocoReport")
 }