diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ec5a1d56d5..f1246be891 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
  * See LICENSE for license information.
  */
 
-plugins { alias(libs.plugins.spotless) }
+plugins {
+  id("java-base-conventions")
+  alias(libs.plugins.spotless)
+}
 
 description = "The Unidata netCDF-Java library (aka CDM)."
 
@@ -23,3 +26,19 @@ spotless {
     ktfmt().googleStyle()
   }
 }
+
+// Aggregate task for building all public artifacts
+// Used to assemble the jars that should be scanned by OWASP Dependency Check
+// job on Jenkins
+tasks.register("buildPublicArtifacts") {
+  group = "build"
+  val publicArtifacts = project.extra.get("public.artifacts")
+  if (publicArtifacts is List<*>) {
+    dependsOn(publicArtifacts.map { ":$it:jar" })
+  } else {
+    logger.error(
+      "Cannot access the list of public artifacts. The project-wide code coverage report will be incomplete!"
+    )
+  }
+  dependsOn(":uber-jars:buildNetcdfAll", ":uber-jars:buildToolsUI", ":uber-jars:buildNcIdv")
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties.old b/gradle.properties.old
deleted file mode 100644
index be6eaee735..0000000000
--- a/gradle.properties.old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# This file is useful for adding gradle config options for use in CI environments, where
-# there isn't likely a gradle.properties file at a higher priority level
-# See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/build_environment.html#sec:gradle_configuration_properties
-# note that we used to set some things here, specifically turning off the gradle daemon,
-# but don't need to currently (used to be recomended in gradle 3.x, but no longer).
-# Keeping this for future reference, and maybe we will need it again in the future.
-
-# gradle 6 began publishing maven-metadata.xml files using 256 and 512 sha checksums, but nexus 3 does not
-# support that yet (although nexus 2 does) - see https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-23603
-# until it does, we need to set this property as our current snapshots are unusable
-systemProp.org.gradle.internal.publish.checksums.insecure=true