diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9c48fbd3..572f3817 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.ShadowPlugin
 buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT")
+        isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
+        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "alpha1")
     }
 
     repositories {
@@ -60,11 +62,6 @@ testClusters.javaRestTest {
     testDistribution = 'INTEG_TEST'
 }
 
-ext {
-    isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-    buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier")
-}
-
 allprojects {
     group = 'org.opensearch'
     version = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')[0] + '.0'