diff --git a/core/data/build.gradle.dcl b/core/data/build.gradle.dcl
index c48650d44..59ef04f64 100644
--- a/core/data/build.gradle.dcl
+++ b/core/data/build.gradle.dcl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 androidLibrary {
     namespace = "com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.core.data"
 
-    includeKotlinSerialization = true
     configureJacoco = true
 
     dependencies {
@@ -19,6 +18,11 @@ androidLibrary {
         testImplementation(project(":core:network"))
     }
 
+    kotlinSerialization {
+        version = "1.6.3"
+        json()
+    }
+
     testOptions {
         includeAndroidResources = true
         returnDefaultValues = true
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7b52b98e9..038f50f16 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ firebase-perf = { id = "com.google.firebase.firebase-perf", version.ref = "fireb
 gms = { id = "com.google.gms.google-services", version.ref = "gmsPlugin" }
 hilt = { id = "com.google.dagger.hilt.android" }
 kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" }
-kotlin-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+kotlin-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization" }
 ksp = { id = "com.google.devtools.ksp" }
 module-graph = { id = "com.jraska.module.graph.assertion", version.ref = "moduleGraph" }
 protobuf = { id = "com.google.protobuf", version.ref = "protobufPlugin" }