diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 78faeaf43ca..c2ac112d809 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-gradle-bom:$projectVersion")
     implementation 'org.apache.grails.gradle:grails-publish'
     implementation 'cloud.wondrify:asset-pipeline-gradle'
-    implementation 'org.apache.grails:grails-docs-core'
+    implementation project(':grails-docs-core')
     implementation 'org.apache.grails:grails-gradle-plugins'
     implementation 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-jvm'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin'
diff --git a/grails-doc/build.gradle b/grails-doc/build.gradle
index a99f19d83ea..ddf2489bca1 100644
--- a/grails-doc/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-doc/build.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ext {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation platform(project(':grails-bom'))
-    implementation 'org.apache.grails:grails-docs-core'
+    implementation project(':grails-docs-core')
     implementation 'org.apache.groovy:groovy'
 
     // Used to surface versions for groovydoc