diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 4710c22..4b322bf 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import org.jetbrains.changelog.Changelog
 import org.jetbrains.changelog.markdownToHTML
 
-fun properties(key: String) = project.findProperty(key).toString()
+fun properties(key: String) = providers.gradleProperty(key)
+fun environment(key: String) = providers.environmentVariable(key)
 
 plugins {
     // Java support
@@ -38,21 +39,21 @@ intellij {
     type.set(properties("platformType"))
 
     // Plugin Dependencies. Uses `platformPlugins` property from the gradle.properties file.
-    plugins.set(properties("platformPlugins").split(',').map(String::trim).filter(String::isNotEmpty))
+    plugins.set(properties("platformPlugins").map { it.split(',').map(String::trim).filter(String::isNotEmpty) })
 }
 
 // Configure Gradle Changelog Plugin - read more: https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-changelog-plugin
 changelog {
-    groups.set(emptyList())
+    groups.empty()
     repositoryUrl.set(properties("pluginRepositoryUrl"))
 }
 
 // Configure Gradle Qodana Plugin - read more: https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-qodana-plugin
 qodana {
-    cachePath.set(file(".qodana").canonicalPath)
-    reportPath.set(file("build/reports/inspections").canonicalPath)
+    cachePath.set(provider { file(".qodana").canonicalPath })
+    reportPath.set(provider { file("build/reports/inspections").canonicalPath })
     saveReport.set(true)
-    showReport.set(System.getenv("QODANA_SHOW_REPORT")?.toBoolean() ?: false)
+    showReport.set(environment("QODANA_SHOW_REPORT").map {  it.toBoolean() } .getOrElse(false))
 }
 
 // Configure Gradle Kover Plugin - read more: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-kover#configuration
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ kover.xmlReport {
 
 tasks {
     wrapper {
-        gradleVersion = properties("gradleVersion")
+        gradleVersion = properties("gradleVersion").get()
     }
 
     patchPluginXml {
@@ -71,23 +72,24 @@ tasks {
         untilBuild.set(properties("pluginUntilBuild"))
 
         // Extract the <!-- Plugin description --> section from README.md and provide for the plugin's manifest
-        pluginDescription.set(
-            file("README.md").readText().lines().run {
-                val start = "<!-- Plugin description -->"
-                val end = "<!-- Plugin description end -->"
-
-                if (!containsAll(listOf(start, end))) {
-                    throw GradleException("Plugin description section not found in README.md:\n$start ... $end")
-                }
-                subList(indexOf(start) + 1, indexOf(end))
-            }.joinToString("\n").let { markdownToHTML(it) }
+        pluginDescription.set(provider {
+                file("README.md").readText().lines().run {
+                    val start = "<!-- Plugin description -->"
+                    val end = "<!-- Plugin description end -->"
+
+                    if (!containsAll(listOf(start, end))) {
+                        throw GradleException("Plugin description section not found in README.md:\n$start ... $end")
+                    }
+                    subList(indexOf(start) + 1, indexOf(end))
+                }.joinToString("\n").let { markdownToHTML(it) }
+            }
         )
 
         // Get the latest available change notes from the changelog file
         changeNotes.set(provider {
             with(changelog) {
                 renderItem(
-                    getOrNull(properties("pluginVersion"))
+                    getOrNull(properties("pluginVersion").get())
                         ?: runCatching { getLatest() }.getOrElse { getUnreleased() },
                     Changelog.OutputType.HTML,
                 )
@@ -105,17 +107,17 @@ tasks {
     }
 
     signPlugin {
-        certificateChain.set(System.getenv("CERTIFICATE_CHAIN"))
-        privateKey.set(System.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY"))
-        password.set(System.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD"))
+        certificateChain.set(environment("CERTIFICATE_CHAIN"))
+        privateKey.set(environment("PRIVATE_KEY"))
+        password.set(environment("PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD"))
     }
 
     publishPlugin {
         dependsOn("patchChangelog")
-        token.set(System.getenv("PUBLISH_TOKEN"))
+        token.set(environment("PUBLISH_TOKEN"))
         // The pluginVersion is based on the SemVer (https://semver.org) and supports pre-release labels, like 2.1.7-alpha.3
         // Specify pre-release label to publish the plugin in a custom Release Channel automatically. Read more:
         // https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/deployment.html#specifying-a-release-channel
-        channels.set(listOf(properties("pluginVersion").split('-').getOrElse(1) { "default" }.split('.').first()))
+        channels.set(properties("pluginVersion").map { listOf(it.split('-').getOrElse(1) { "default" }.split('.').first()) })
     }
 }