diff --git a/WordPress/build.gradle b/WordPress/build.gradle
index 3a42debcfccf..8b531e7e361b 100644
--- a/WordPress/build.gradle
+++ b/WordPress/build.gradle
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.androidx.lifecycle.common
     implementation libs.androidx.lifecycle.runtime
     implementation libs.androidx.lifecycle.runtime.ktx
-    implementation "androidx.activity:activity:$androidxActivityVersion"
-    implementation "androidx.activity:activity-ktx:$androidxActivityVersion"
-    implementation "androidx.activity:activity-compose:$androidxActivityVersion"
+    implementation libs.androidx.activity
+    implementation libs.androidx.activity.ktx
+    implementation libs.androidx.activity.compose
     implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment:$androidxFragmentVersion"
     implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:$androidxFragmentVersion"
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$androidxAppcompatVersion"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e39e36dc6153..0114c8e1322d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ ext {
     androidxCardviewVersion = '1.0.0'
     androidxConstraintlayoutVersion = '2.1.4'
     androidxConstraintlayoutComposeVersion = '1.0.1'
-    androidxActivityVersion = '1.8.0'
     androidxFragmentVersion = '1.6.2'
     androidxGridlayoutVersion = '1.0.0'
     androidxPercentlayoutVersion = '1.0.0'
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ab7674c1cd7f..aac5bca727b6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [versions]
+androidxActivity = '1.8.0'
 androidxArchCore = '2.2.0'
 androidxComposeNavigation = '2.7.6'
 androidxCore = '1.10.0'
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ 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-activity = { group = "androidx.activity", name = "activity", version.ref = "androidxActivity" }
+androidx-activity-compose = { group = "androidx.activity", name = "activity-compose", version.ref = "androidxActivity" }
+androidx-activity-ktx = { group = "androidx.activity", name = "activity-ktx", version.ref = "androidxActivity" }
 androidx-core = { group = "androidx.core", name = "core", version.ref = "androidxCore" }
 androidx-core-ktx = { group = "androidx.core", name = "core-ktx", version.ref = "androidxCore" }
 androidx-coreCommon = { group = "androidx.arch.core", name = "core-common", version.ref = "androidxArchCore" }
@@ -34,5 +38,6 @@ automattic-rest = { group = "com.automattic", name = "rest", version.ref = "auto
 google-gson = { group = "com.google.code.gson", name = "gson", version.ref = "gson" }
 wordPress-persistentEditText = { group = "org.wordpress", name = "persistentedittext", version.ref = "wordPressPersistentEditText" }
 
+
 [plugins]
 
diff --git a/libs/image-editor/build.gradle b/libs/image-editor/build.gradle
index bbb34255976a..57e6c8a15e9e 100644
--- a/libs/image-editor/build.gradle
+++ b/libs/image-editor/build.gradle
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
 
     implementation libs.androidx.core
-    implementation "androidx.activity:activity:$androidxActivityVersion"
-    implementation "androidx.activity:activity-ktx:$androidxActivityVersion"
+    implementation libs.androidx.activity
+    implementation libs.androidx.activity.ktx
     implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment:$androidxFragmentVersion"
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$androidxAppcompatVersion"
     implementation "androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:$androidxRecyclerviewVersion"