diff --git a/WordPress/build.gradle b/WordPress/build.gradle
index eccf6b78cca9..05431352288a 100644
--- a/WordPress/build.gradle
+++ b/WordPress/build.gradle
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.wordPress.persistentEditText
     implementation "$gradle.ext.gravatarBinaryPath:$gravatarVersion"
 
-    implementation "com.google.android.play:app-update:$googlePlayInAppUpdateVersion"
-    implementation "com.google.android.play:app-update-ktx:$googlePlayInAppUpdateVersion"
+    implementation libs.android.appUpdate
+    implementation libs.android.appUpdateKtx
 
     implementation "androidx.arch.core:core-common:$androidxArchCoreVersion"
     implementation "androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:$androidxArchCoreVersion"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2f42866ed6d0..2971cb997928 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ ext {
     squareupRetrofitVersion = '2.9.0'
     uCropVersion = '2.2.9'
     zendeskVersion = '5.1.2'
-    googlePlayInAppUpdateVersion = '2.1.0'
 
     // react native
     facebookReactVersion = '0.73.3'
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 537f63f90d90..ddfce2ecc694 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 androidxComposeNavigation = '2.7.6'
 androidxWebkit =  '1.11.0'
 automatticRest = '1.0.8'
+googlePlayAppUpdate = '2.1.0'
 wordPressPersistentEditText = '1.0.2'
 
 [libraries]
+android-appUpdate = { group = "com.google.android.play", name = "app-update", version.ref = "googlePlayAppUpdate" }
+android-appUpdateKtx = { group = "com.google.android.play", name = "app-update-ktx", version.ref = "googlePlayAppUpdate" }
 androidx-navigation = { group = "androidx.navigation", name = "navigation-compose", version.ref = "androidxComposeNavigation" }
 androidx-webkit = {group = "androidx.webkit", name = "webkit", version.ref = "androidxWebkit"}
 automattic-rest = { group = "com.automattic", name = "rest", version.ref = "automatticRest" }