diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
index f8cf5d77bd..3f1db21a61 100644
--- a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
+++ b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+    maven {
+      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+    }
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath "com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:3.14.0"
+  }
+}
+
 plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'maven'
-    id "com.diffplug.gradle.spotless" version "3.14.0"
 }
 
+apply plugin: "com.diffplug.gradle.spotless"
+
 group 'com.microsoft.aspnet'
 
 // If we're run from outside MSBuild, just assign a bogus dev version.