diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ecccb2688..34b39d999 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ plugins {
     id("de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis")
     id("com.github.breadmoirai.github-release")
     id("org.ajoberstar.git-publish")
-    id("org.owasp.dependencycheck")
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions")
     id("org.graalvm.buildtools.native")
     id("com.hivemq.cli.native-image")
 }
@@ -687,7 +685,3 @@ val releaseBinary: Configuration by configurations.creating {
 artifacts {
     add(releaseBinary.name, tasks.shadowDistZip)
 }
-
-dependencyCheck {
-    scanConfigurations = listOf("runtimeClasspath")
-}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6d23da362..fa82fac59 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ java-native.version=17
 #
 # plugins
 #
-plugin.ben-manes.versions.version=0.42.0
 plugin.defaults.version=0.2.0
 plugin.forbiddenapis.version=3.3
 plugin.git-publish.version=3.0.0
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ plugin.license.version=0.16.1
 # >= 5.0.0 break the tasks
 plugin.openapi.generator.version=4.3.1
 plugin.ospackage.version=9.1.1
-plugin.owasp-dependencycheck.version=7.1.1
 plugin.shadow.version=7.1.2
 #
 # gradle properties
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index c525f4791..5a3b70d4a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ pluginManagement {
         id("de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis") version "${extra["plugin.forbiddenapis.version"]}"
         id("com.github.breadmoirai.github-release") version "${extra["plugin.github-release.version"]}"
         id("org.ajoberstar.git-publish") version "${extra["plugin.git-publish.version"]}"
-        id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "${extra["plugin.owasp-dependencycheck.version"]}"
-        id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "${extra["plugin.ben-manes.versions.version"]}"
         id("org.graalvm.buildtools.native") version "${extra["plugin.graal.version"]}"
     }
 }