diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 55b31ca816214..f720b46bec143 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -162,14 +162,20 @@ Map<String, String> buildMetadataMap = buildMetadataValue.tokenize(';').collectE
   return [key, value]
 }
 
-    /**
-     * Using 'git' command line (if available), tries to fetch the commit date of the current revision
-     * @return commit date of the current revision or 0 if it is not available
-     */
+// See please https://docs.gradle.org/8.11/userguide/service_injection.html#execoperations
+interface InjectedExecOps {
+  @Inject ExecOperations getExecOps()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Using 'git' command line (if available), tries to fetch the commit date of the current revision
+ * @return commit date of the current revision or 0 if it is not available
+ */
 long gitRevisionDate = {
+  def execOps = project.objects.newInstance(InjectedExecOps)
   // Try to get last commit date as Unix timestamp
   try (ByteArrayOutputStream stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
-     ExecResult result = project.exec(spec -> {
+     ExecResult result = execOps.execOps.exec(spec -> {
         spec.setIgnoreExitValue(true);
         spec.setStandardOutput(stdout);
         spec.commandLine("git", "log", "-1", "--format=%ct");
@@ -362,7 +368,7 @@ allprojects {
         if ((dep instanceof ProjectDependency) == false) {
           return
         }
-        Project upstreamProject = dep.dependencyProject
+        Project upstreamProject = project.project(dep.path)
         if (upstreamProject == null) {
           return
         }
@@ -438,7 +444,7 @@ gradle.projectsEvaluated {
 
     configurations.matching { it.canBeResolved }.all { Configuration configuration ->
       dependencies.matching { it instanceof ProjectDependency }.all { ProjectDependency dep ->
-        Project upstreamProject = dep.dependencyProject
+        Project upstreamProject = project.project(dep.path)
         if (upstreamProject != null) {
           if (project.path == upstreamProject.path) {
             // TODO: distribution integ tests depend on themselves (!), fix that
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opensearch/gradle/test/TestWithDependenciesPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opensearch/gradle/test/TestWithDependenciesPlugin.groovy
index e84493d442f39..30430296d6383 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opensearch/gradle/test/TestWithDependenciesPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opensearch/gradle/test/TestWithDependenciesPlugin.groovy
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ class TestWithDependenciesPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
         project.configurations.testImplementation.dependencies.all { Dependency dep ->
             // this closure is run every time a compile dependency is added
-            if (dep instanceof ProjectDependency && dep.dependencyProject.plugins.hasPlugin(PluginBuildPlugin)) {
-                project.gradle.projectsEvaluated {
-                    addPluginResources(project, dep.dependencyProject)
+            if (dep instanceof ProjectDependency) {
+                Project dependencyProject = project.project(((ProjectDependency)dep).path)
+                if (dependencyProject.plugins.hasPlugin(PluginBuildPlugin)) {
+                    project.gradle.projectsEvaluated {
+                        addPluginResources(project, dependencyProject)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java
index 1a78a7dbb2d10..4c62f4a6b4ee8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/LoggedExec.java
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ public class LoggedExec extends Exec implements FileSystemOperationsAware {
     private Consumer<Logger> outputLogger;
     private FileSystemOperations fileSystemOperations;
 
+    interface InjectedExecOps {
+        @Inject
+        ExecOperations getExecOps();
+    }
+
     @Inject
     public LoggedExec(FileSystemOperations fileSystemOperations) {
         this.fileSystemOperations = fileSystemOperations;
@@ -133,7 +138,8 @@ public void setSpoolOutput(boolean spoolOutput) {
     }
 
     public static ExecResult exec(Project project, Action<ExecSpec> action) {
-        return genericExec(project::exec, action);
+        final InjectedExecOps execOps = project.getObjects().newInstance(InjectedExecOps.class);
+        return exec(execOps.getExecOps(), action);
     }
 
     public static ExecResult exec(ExecOperations execOperations, Action<ExecSpec> action) {
@@ -141,7 +147,8 @@ public static ExecResult exec(ExecOperations execOperations, Action<ExecSpec> ac
     }
 
     public static ExecResult javaexec(Project project, Action<JavaExecSpec> action) {
-        return genericExec(project::javaexec, action);
+        final InjectedExecOps execOps = project.getObjects().newInstance(InjectedExecOps.class);
+        return genericExec(execOps.getExecOps()::javaexec, action);
     }
 
     /** Returns JVM arguments suitable for a short-lived forked task */
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
index 7ec21bba18c64..4db4faa8cbe9f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public String call() throws Exception {
                         Node dependencyNode = dependenciesNode.appendNode("dependency");
                         dependencyNode.appendNode("groupId", dependency.getGroup());
                         ProjectDependency projectDependency = (ProjectDependency) dependency;
-                        String artifactId = getArchivesBaseName(projectDependency.getDependencyProject());
+                        String artifactId = getArchivesBaseName(project.project(projectDependency.getPath()));
                         dependencyNode.appendNode("artifactId", artifactId);
                         dependencyNode.appendNode("version", dependency.getVersion());
                         dependencyNode.appendNode("scope", "compile");
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/ThirdPartyAuditTask.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/ThirdPartyAuditTask.java
index f7bb708933803..a74781ac44720 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/ThirdPartyAuditTask.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/ThirdPartyAuditTask.java
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SkipWhenEmpty;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+import org.gradle.process.ExecOperations;
 import org.gradle.process.ExecResult;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -108,6 +111,11 @@ public class ThirdPartyAuditTask extends DefaultTask {
 
     public boolean jarHellEnabled = true;
 
+    interface InjectedExecOps {
+        @Inject
+        ExecOperations getExecOps();
+    }
+
     @Input
     public Property<JavaVersion> getTargetCompatibility() {
         return targetCompatibility;
@@ -357,7 +365,8 @@ private String formatClassList(Set<String> classList) {
 
     private String runForbiddenAPIsCli() throws IOException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream errorOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ExecResult result = getProject().javaexec(spec -> {
+        InjectedExecOps execOps = getProject().getObjects().newInstance(InjectedExecOps.class);
+        ExecResult result = execOps.getExecOps().javaexec(spec -> {
             if (javaHome != null) {
                 spec.setExecutable(javaHome + "/bin/java");
             }
@@ -391,7 +400,8 @@ private String runForbiddenAPIsCli() throws IOException {
 
     private Set<String> runJdkJarHellCheck() throws IOException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream standardOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ExecResult execResult = getProject().javaexec(spec -> {
+        InjectedExecOps execOps = getProject().getObjects().newInstance(InjectedExecOps.class);
+        ExecResult execResult = execOps.getExecOps().javaexec(spec -> {
             spec.classpath(
                 jdkJarHellClasspath,
                 getRuntimeConfiguration(),
diff --git a/gradle/missing-javadoc.gradle b/gradle/missing-javadoc.gradle
index 26898673bf608..751da941d25dd 100644
--- a/gradle/missing-javadoc.gradle
+++ b/gradle/missing-javadoc.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable
+import javax.inject.Inject
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.internal.jvm.Jvm
@@ -227,6 +228,11 @@ class MissingJavadocTask extends DefaultTask {
   @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
   def taskResources
 
+  // See please https://docs.gradle.org/8.11/userguide/service_injection.html#execoperations
+  interface InjectedExecOps {
+    @Inject ExecOperations getExecOps()
+  }
+
   /** Utility method to recursively collect all tasks with same name like this one that we depend on */
   private Set findRenderTasksInDependencies() {
     Set found = []
@@ -317,11 +323,12 @@ class MissingJavadocTask extends DefaultTask {
       }
     }()
 
+    def execOps = project.objects.newInstance(InjectedExecOps)
     def outputFile = project.file("${getTemporaryDir()}/javadoc-output.txt")
     def result
 
     outputFile.withOutputStream { output ->
-      result = project.exec {
+      result = execOps.execOps.exec {
         executable javadocCmd
 
         // we want to capture both stdout and stderr to the same
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e312a2da77d94..3bfe9cc6bd3c2 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=2ab88d6de2c23e6adae7363ae6e29cbdd2a709e992929b48b6530fd0c7133bd6
+distributionSha256Sum=73d2d553933194d8eefed0a291acbe45392ca3572ba13834cbbf373da375276d
diff --git a/libs/build.gradle b/libs/build.gradle
index 39d2737966b6d..c0fcc1ff2b977 100644
--- a/libs/build.gradle
+++ b/libs/build.gradle
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ subprojects {
   project.afterEvaluate {
     configurations.all { Configuration conf ->
       dependencies.matching { it instanceof ProjectDependency }.all { ProjectDependency dep ->
-        Project depProject = dep.dependencyProject
+        Project depProject = project.project(dep.path)
         if (depProject != null
           && (false == depProject.path.equals(':libs:opensearch-core') &&
               false == depProject.path.equals(':libs:opensearch-common'))
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle b/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle
index 7075901979e3b..ffb1fe6117c06 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/build.gradle
@@ -115,11 +115,17 @@ testClusters {
   }
 }
 
+interface InjectedExecOps {
+  @Inject ExecOperations getExecOps()
+}
+
+
 tasks.register("generateContextDoc", DefaultTestClustersTask) {
   dependsOn sourceSets.doc.runtimeClasspath
   useCluster testClusters.generateContextCluster
   doFirst {
-    project.javaexec {
+    def execOps = project.objects.newInstance(InjectedExecOps)
+    execOps.execOps.javaexec {
       mainClass = 'org.opensearch.painless.ContextDocGenerator'
       classpath = sourceSets.doc.runtimeClasspath
       systemProperty "cluster.uri", "${-> testClusters.generateContextCluster.singleNode().getAllHttpSocketURI().get(0)}"