diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9f851307651f1..d1e13e739ee95 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -735,12 +735,12 @@ tasks.register('checkCompatibility', CheckCompatibilityTask) {
 }
 
 def generateVersionProperties = tasks.register("generateVersionProperties", WriteProperties) {
-  destinationFile = file("buildSrc/${buildDir}/version.properties")
+  destinationFile = file("${buildDir}/version.properties")
   comment = 'Generated version properties'
   // properties(props)
 
   def libsTomlFile = file("gradle/libs.versions.toml")
-  def propertiesFile = file("buildSrc/${buildDir}/versions.properties")
+  def propertiesFile = file("${buildDir}/versions.properties")
 
   doLast {
     def properties = org.opensearch.gradle.VersionPropertiesGenerator.generateVersionProperties(libsTomlFile)
@@ -753,8 +753,10 @@ def generateVersionProperties = tasks.register("generateVersionProperties", Writ
   }
 }
 
-processResources {
-  from(generateVersionProperties)
+if (project != rootProject) {
+  processResources {
+    from(generateVersionProperties)
+  }
 }
 
 allprojects { project ->
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 5a5502f7ce857..0f62b0124d3ed 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if (project == rootProject) {
 // we update the version property to reflect if we are building a snapshot or a release build
 // we write this back out below to load it in the Build.java which will be shown in rest main action
 // to indicate this being a snapshot build or a release build.
-Properties props = VersionPropertiesLoader.loadBuildSrcVersion(project.file('version.properties'))
+Properties props = VersionPropertiesLoader.loadBuildSrcVersion(project.file('../gradle/libs.versions.toml'))
 version = props.getProperty("opensearch")
 
 //def generateVersionProperties = tasks.register("generateVersionProperties", WriteProperties) {
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ class VersionPropertiesLoader {
     } finally {
       is.close()
     }
+    props.forEach((key, value) -> {
+      String newValue = value.toString().replace("\"", "")
+      props.setProperty(key.toString(), newValue)
+    });
     loadBuildSrcVersion(props, System.getProperties())
     return props
   }
diff --git a/buildSrc/generateVersionProperties.gradle b/buildSrc/generateVersionProperties.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 0335937825938..0000000000000
--- a/buildSrc/generateVersionProperties.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- */
-
-import org.tomlj.Toml
-
-task generateVersionProperties {
-  def tomlFile = file("gradle/libs.versions.toml")
-  def propertiesFile = file("build/generated/versions.properties")
-
-  doLast {
-    def toml = Toml.parse(tomlFile.newReader())
-    propertiesFile.withWriter('UTF-8') { writer ->
-      toml.getTable("versions").keySet().each { key ->
-        def version = toml.getString("versions.${key}")
-        writer.write("${key}=${version}\n")
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionProperties.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionProperties.java
index dee195062a9a0..583f00ba4a766 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionProperties.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionProperties.java
@@ -32,20 +32,17 @@
 package org.opensearch.gradle;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.tomlj.Toml;
-import org.tomlj.TomlParseResult;
-import org.tomlj.TomlTable;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.tomlj.Toml;
+import org.tomlj.TomlParseResult;
+import org.tomlj.TomlTable;
+
 /**
  * Accessor for shared dependency versions used by opensearch, namely the opensearch and lucene versions.
  */
@@ -144,16 +141,6 @@ private static void flattenToml(TomlTable tomlTable, Properties properties, Stri
     }
 
     private static Properties getVersionProperties() {
-//        Properties props = new Properties();
-//        try (InputStream propsStream = VersionProperties.class.getResourceAsStream("/version.properties")) {
-//            if (propsStream == null) {
-//                throw new IllegalStateException("/version.properties resource missing");
-//            }
-//            props.load(propsStream);
-//        } catch (IOException e) {
-//            throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to load version properties", e);
-//        }
-
         TomlParseResult toml = null;
         try {
             toml = Toml.parse(Path.of("gradle/libs.versions.toml"));
@@ -161,14 +148,8 @@ private static Properties getVersionProperties() {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
 
-        // Convert TOML to Properties
         Properties properties = new Properties();
         flattenToml(toml, properties, "");
-
-        System.out.println("properties: " + properties);
-
-        // Now you can use properties as needed
-        properties.forEach((key, value) -> System.out.println(key + ": " + value));
         return properties;
     }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionPropertiesGenerator.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionPropertiesGenerator.java
index 010627702f87b..5dd1ba913c8c1 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionPropertiesGenerator.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/VersionPropertiesGenerator.java
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.gradle;
 
-import org.tomlj.Toml;
-import org.tomlj.TomlParseResult;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.tomlj.Toml;
+import org.tomlj.TomlParseResult;
+
 /**
  * Generator for shared dependency versions used by opensearch, namely the opensearch and lucene versions.
  */