diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5a0766c11a2ed..52d7eff1512b9 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ resteasy          = "6.2.4.Final"
 opentelemetry         = "1.41.0"
 opentelemetrysemconv  = "1.27.0-alpha"
 
-#[libraries]
-#jodatime = { group = "joda-time", name = "joda-time", version.ref = "joda" }
+[libraries]
+jodatime = { group = "joda-time", name = "joda-time", version.ref = "joda" }
diff --git a/server/build.gradle b/server/build.gradle
index cd35745694b71..efab2ada4a8a4 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle
+++ b/server/build.gradle
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ dependencies {
   api project(":libs:opensearch-cli")
 
   // time handling, remove with java 8 time
-  api "joda-time:joda-time:${libs.versions.joda.get()}"
+  api(libs.jodatime)
 
   // percentiles aggregation
   api "com.tdunning:t-digest:${versions.tdigest}"