diff --git a/distribution/packages/build.gradle b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
index 1bd11dc2313b..1d0f77bd3597 100644
--- a/distribution/packages/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
@@ -42,10 +42,20 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  *    dpkg -c path/to/elasticsearch.deb
  */
 
-plugins {
-   id "com.netflix.nebula.ospackage-base" version "11.5.0"
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    maven {
+      url 'https://jitpack.io'
+    }
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath "com.github.breskeby:gradle-ospackage-plugin:2da19425133"
+  }
 }
 
+apply plugin: "com.netflix.nebula.ospackage-base"
+
 ['deb', 'rpm'].each { type ->
   String packagingFiles = "build/packaging/${type}"
 
@@ -56,14 +66,14 @@ plugins {
     with copySpec {
       from 'src/common'
       from "src/${type}"
-      filter("tokens" : expansionsForDistribution(type, false), ReplaceTokens.class)
+      filter("tokens": expansionsForDistribution(type, false), ReplaceTokens.class)
     }
 
     into('etc/elasticsearch') {
       with configFiles(type, false)
     }
 
-    filter("tokens" : expansionsForDistribution(type, false), ReplaceTokens.class)
+    filter("tokens": expansionsForDistribution(type, false), ReplaceTokens.class)
 
     doLast {
       // create empty dirs, we set the permissions when configuring the packages
@@ -92,22 +102,22 @@ def commonPackageConfig(String type, String architecture) {
       if (architecture == 'x64') {
         arch('amd64')
       } else {
-        assert architecture == 'aarch64' : architecture
+        assert architecture == 'aarch64': architecture
         arch('arm64')
       }
     } else {
-      assert type == 'rpm' : type
+      assert type == 'rpm': type
       if (architecture == 'x64') {
         arch('X86_64')
       } else {
-        assert architecture == 'aarch64' : architecture
+        assert architecture == 'aarch64': architecture
         arch('aarch64')
       }
     }
     // Follow elasticsearch's file naming convention
     String prefix = "${architecture == 'aarch64' ? 'aarch64-' : ''}${type}"
     destinationDirectory = file("${prefix}/build/distributions")
-    archiveFileName.value(project.provider({ "${packageName}-${project.version}-${archString}.${type}" } ))
+    archiveFileName.value(project.provider({ "${packageName}-${project.version}-${archString}.${type}" }))
     String packagingFiles = "build/packaging/${type}"
 
     String scripts = "${packagingFiles}/scripts"
@@ -184,9 +194,9 @@ def commonPackageConfig(String type, String architecture) {
     configurationFile '/etc/elasticsearch/users_roles'
     from("${packagingFiles}") {
       dirMode 02750
-      setgid = true
       into('/etc')
       permissionGroup 'elasticsearch'
+      setgid true
       includeEmptyDirs true
       createDirectoryEntry true
       include("elasticsearch") // empty dir, just to add directory entry
@@ -243,7 +253,7 @@ def commonPackageConfig(String type, String architecture) {
         user u
         permissionGroup g
         dirMode = mode
-        setgid = mode == 02750
+        setgid (mode == 02750)
       }
     }
     copyEmptyDir('/var/log/elasticsearch', 'elasticsearch', 'elasticsearch', 02750)
@@ -402,7 +412,7 @@ subprojects {
     } else {
       assert project.name.contains('rpm')
       tasks.named("checkExtraction").configure {
-         onlyIf("rpm exists", rpmExists)
+        onlyIf("rpm exists", rpmExists)
         final File rpmDatabase = new File(extractionDir, 'rpm-database')
         commandLine 'rpm',
           '--badreloc',
@@ -434,9 +444,11 @@ subprojects {
           copyrightPath = packageExtractionDir.toPath().resolve("usr/share/doc/elasticsearch/copyright")
           expectedLicense = "Elastic-License"
           licenseFilename = "ELASTIC-LICENSE-2.0.txt"
-          final List<String> header = Arrays.asList("Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/",
+          final List<String> header = Arrays.asList(
+            "Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/",
             "Copyright: Elasticsearch B.V. <info@elastic.co>",
-            "License: " + expectedLicense)
+            "License: " + expectedLicense
+          )
           final List<String> licenseLines = Files.readAllLines(rootDir.toPath().resolve("licenses/" + licenseFilename))
           final List<String> expectedLines = header + licenseLines.collect { " " + it }
           assertLinesInFile(copyrightPath, expectedLines)
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 0bb0f1dbf2c4..8fcb2fecad97 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
             <sha256 value="d083479ca927dce2f586f779373d895e8bf668c632505740279390384edf03fa" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="com.github.breskeby" name="gradle-ospackage-plugin" version="2da19425133">
+         <artifact name="gradle-ospackage-plugin-2da19425133.jar">
+            <sha256 value="452e01bc961259e2a0f5d6f193a03cc8d29f560a433f7c8066158c97d3327af9" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="adoptium_8" name="linux" version="8u302">
          <artifact name="linux-8u302-aarch64.tar.gz">
             <sha256 value="f287cdc2a688c2df247ea0d8bfe2863645b73848e4e5c35b02a8a3d2d6b69551" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -69,11 +74,11 @@
             <sha256 value="10fe288fd7a2cdaf5175332b73529f9abf8fd54dcfff317d6967c0c35ffb133b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-       <component group="co.elastic.apm" name="elastic-apm-agent" version="1.43.0">
-           <artifact name="elastic-apm-agent-1.43.0.jar">
-               <sha256 value="a9910a9589b2cceb9a41936e297bb41c6aeef5496f7ba26017ba489291aa4aa8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-           </artifact>
-       </component>
+      <component group="co.elastic.apm" name="elastic-apm-agent" version="1.43.0">
+         <artifact name="elastic-apm-agent-1.43.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="a9910a9589b2cceb9a41936e297bb41c6aeef5496f7ba26017ba489291aa4aa8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="co.elastic.logging" name="ecs-logging-core" version="1.2.0">
          <artifact name="ecs-logging-core-1.2.0.jar">
             <sha256 value="0d6318af29848ea588b1c244834e3e762315c68de2bcfc9f1adf3f0633d22d37" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -351,6 +356,11 @@
             <sha256 value="d6eb9f2f40049a7a808baf11ffba0737648e62ff52fde9271d808e5d57a27279" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="com.github.breskeby" name="gradle-ospackage-plugin" version="2da19425133">
+         <artifact name="gradle-ospackage-plugin-2da19425133.jar">
+            <sha256 value="452e01bc961259e2a0f5d6f193a03cc8d29f560a433f7c8066158c97d3327af9" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="com.github.javaparser" name="javaparser-core" version="3.18.0">
          <artifact name="javaparser-core-3.18.0.jar">
             <sha256 value="df7e2d5b8319efd51d015ab5071a271f8463158bc2f0979d05393fe028d856a0" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -2614,7 +2624,7 @@
             <sha256 value="82f63d40db2aad15f748bf988214d44477167ec1a0388dd258c4c8a8f74797d2" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-     <component group="org.apache.lucene" name="lucene-analysis-stempel" version="9.8.0">
+      <component group="org.apache.lucene" name="lucene-analysis-stempel" version="9.8.0">
          <artifact name="lucene-analysis-stempel-9.8.0.jar">
             <sha256 value="4ee9f4fccd710c8d51827b54747e4134f600fd00ad96ae9c3c6d97122807e18c" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>