diff --git a/distribution/tools/keystore-cli/build.gradle b/distribution/tools/keystore-cli/build.gradle
index e521c0830724a..982ab49780272 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/keystore-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/tools/keystore-cli/build.gradle
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly project(":libs:opensearch-cli")
   testImplementation project(":test:framework")
   testImplementation 'com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.1'
-  testRuntimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
 }
diff --git a/distribution/tools/plugin-cli/build.gradle b/distribution/tools/plugin-cli/build.gradle
index 14e75dc067476..e2644212863d9 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/plugin-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/tools/plugin-cli/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "org.bouncycastle:bc-fips:1.0.2.3"
   testImplementation project(":test:framework")
   testImplementation 'com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.2'
-  testRuntimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
 }
 
 tasks.named("dependencyLicenses").configure {
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/build.gradle b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/build.gradle
index cb87faf7788fa..c96b9fde51389 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jackson}"
   testImplementation project(":test:framework")
   testImplementation 'com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.2'
-  testRuntimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
 }
 
 tasks.named("dependencyLicenses").configure {
diff --git a/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle b/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle
index 452d969aba862..cf26d8a1c3641 100644
--- a/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/ingest-attachment/build.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "org.apache.tika:tika-langdetect-optimaize:${versions.tika}"
   // Optimaize libraries/dependencies
   runtimeOnly "com.optimaize.languagedetector:language-detector:0.6"
-  runtimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
   // Other dependencies
   api 'org.tukaani:xz:1.9'
   api 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0'
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
index 9146379a83089..ff1b5916ead35 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jaxb-annotations:${versions.jackson}"
   api 'org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:4.2.1'
   implementation "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${versions.woodstox}"
-  runtimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
   api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0'
   testImplementation project(':test:fixtures:azure-fixture')
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index 377f1ef9f9a0d..829abc080428a 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ opensearchplugin {
 dependencies {
   api 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage:1.113.1'
   api 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core:1.93.3'
-  runtimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
   api 'com.google.guava:failureaccess:1.0.1'
   api 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.35.0'
   api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 45553b564497e..b97964c177718 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.10.2'
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}"
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.9.0'
-  runtimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
   api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.9'
   api 'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.3'
   api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.2'
diff --git a/qa/evil-tests/build.gradle b/qa/evil-tests/build.gradle
index b114dce70f3f8..2eff8822d7128 100644
--- a/qa/evil-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/evil-tests/build.gradle
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ import org.opensearch.gradle.info.BuildParams
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.testclusters'
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.standalone-test'
 
+def props = new Properties()
+project(":build-tools").file("version.properties").withInputStream { props.load(it) }
+
 dependencies {
   testImplementation 'com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.2'
-  testRuntimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre'
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${props.getProperty('guava')}"
 }
 
 // TODO: give each evil test its own fresh JVM for more isolation.