diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle.kts
similarity index 50%
rename from build.gradle
rename to build.gradle.kts
index cc87290d4..ce7e7a089 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,56 +3,55 @@ plugins {
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm").version("1.8.0").apply(false)
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.allopen").version("1.8.0").apply(false)
     id("org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint").version("11.1.0").apply(false)
-    id('org.springframework.boot').version('2.7.8').apply(false)
-    id('io.spring.dependency-management').version('1.1.0').apply(false)
+    id("org.springframework.boot").version("2.7.8").apply(false)
+    id("io.spring.dependency-management").version("1.1.0").apply(false)
     id("org.sonarqube").version("3.5.0.2730")
     id("me.champeau.buildscan-recipes").version("0.2.3")
     id("com.sourcemuse.mongo").version("1.0.7").apply(false)
 }
 
 allprojects {
-    group = 'com.github.rahulsom'
+    group = "com.github.rahulsom"
 }
 
 subprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }
-    apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
+    apply(plugin = "checkstyle")
 
-    checkstyle {
-        configFile = rootProject.file('gradle/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml')
+    configure<CheckstyleExtension> {
+        configFile = rootProject.file("gradle/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml")
         toolVersion = "10.7.0"
-        showViolations = false
         maxWarnings = 0
         maxErrors = 0
     }
 
-    def theProject = project
-    def projectPath = theProject.name
+    var theProject = project
+    var projectPath = theProject.name
     while (theProject.parent != rootProject) {
-        projectPath = "${theProject.parent.name}-${projectPath}"
-        theProject = theProject.parent
+        projectPath = "${theProject.parent!!.name}-${projectPath}"
+        theProject = theProject.parent!!
     }
 
     sonarqube {
         properties {
-            property 'sonar.moduleKey', "com.github.rahulsom:grooves:${projectPath}"
+            property("sonar.moduleKey", "com.github.rahulsom:grooves:${projectPath}")
         }
     }
 }
 
-contacts {
+configure<nebula.plugin.contacts.ContactsExtension> {
     validateEmails = true
-    'rahulsom@noreply.github.com' {
+    addPerson("rahulsom@noreply.github.com", delegateClosureOf<nebula.plugin.contacts.Contact> {
         moniker("Rahul Somasunderam")
         roles("owner")
         github("https://github.com/rahulsom")
-    }
+    })
 }
 
-tasks.getByName('release').dependsOn 'grooves-docs:gitPublishPush'
+tasks.named("release") { dependsOn("grooves-docs:gitPublishPush") }
 
 buildScanRecipes {
-    recipes 'git-commit', 'git-status', 'travis-ci', 'gc-stats'
+    recipes("git-commit", "git-status", "travis-ci", "gc-stats")
 }