diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/KotlinConventions.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/KotlinConventions.java
index 57dd0dcf032..9a921328aad 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/KotlinConventions.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/KotlinConventions.java
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public class KotlinConventions {
 			if (project.getLayout().getProjectDirectory().dir("src/main/kotlin").getAsFile().exists()) {
 				project.getPlugins().apply(DokkaPlugin.class);
 				project.getExtensions().configure(DokkaExtension.class, dokka -> configure(project, dokka));
-				project.project(":framework-api").getDependencies().add("dokka", project);
+				project.project(":framework-api").getDependencies()
+						.add("dokka", project.getDependencyFactory().createProjectDependency());
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/hint/RuntimeHintsAgentPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/hint/RuntimeHintsAgentPlugin.java
index 04e63532b50..aded9b5b882 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/hint/RuntimeHintsAgentPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/hint/RuntimeHintsAgentPlugin.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public class RuntimeHintsAgentPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 				test.getJvmArgumentProviders().add(createRuntimeHintsAgentArgumentProvider(project, agentExtension));
 			});
 			project.getTasks().named("check", task -> task.dependsOn(agentTest));
-			project.getDependencies().add(CONFIGURATION_NAME, project.project(":spring-core-test"));
+			project.getDependencies().add(CONFIGURATION_NAME,
+					project.getDependencyFactory().createProjectDependency(":spring-core-test"));
 		});
 	}