diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 03329f3..0fa9948 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 buildscript {
 	dependencies {
 		classpath 'io.spring.gradle:spring-build-conventions:0.0.33.RELEASE'
-		classpath "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:latest.release"
+		classpath "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:$springBootVersion"
 
 	}
 	repositories {
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.root'
 
 group = 'org.springframework.security.experimental'
 description = 'Spring Authorization Server'
-version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
 
 repositories {
 	mavenCentral()
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a952f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+version=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+springBootVersion=2.4.0-M2
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.caching=true