diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 45e16c0011..1f78a41de0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # Need increased heap for running Gradle itself, or SonarQube will run the JVM out of metaspace
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6144m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 
-# Enable Build Caching
+# Enable Build Caching and parallelization (through Configuration Cache)
 org.gradle.caching=true
-
-# Enable Gradle parallel builds
-org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 
 # Limit parallel workers
 org.gradle.workers.max=6
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradlebuild.root.gradle.kts b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradlebuild.root.gradle.kts
index 236df96c3c..5ed0869b8f 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradlebuild.root.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradlebuild.root.gradle.kts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.hedera.gradlebuild.repositories")
     id("com.autonomousapps.dependency-analysis")
-    // TODO id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.48.0"
     // TODO id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.3.0"
 }