diff --git a/dependencies.md b/dependencies.md
index e182bcaa..76250907 100644
--- a/dependencies.md
+++ b/dependencies.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:classic-codegen:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:classic-codegen:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.code.findbugs. **Name** : jsr305. **Version** : 3.0.2.
@@ -888,14 +888,14 @@
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:gradle-plugin-api:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:gradle-plugin-api:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.fasterxml.jackson. **Name** : jackson-bom. **Version** : 2.20.0.
@@ -1838,14 +1838,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:gradle-plugin-api-test-fixtures:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:gradle-plugin-api-test-fixtures:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.fasterxml.jackson. **Name** : jackson-bom. **Version** : 2.20.0.
@@ -2321,14 +2321,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:58 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:gradle-root-plugin:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:gradle-root-plugin:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.code.findbugs. **Name** : jsr305. **Version** : 3.0.2.
@@ -3195,14 +3195,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:intellij-platform:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:intellij-platform:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : be.cyberelf.nanoxml. **Name** : nanoxml. **Version** : 2.2.3.
@@ -4316,14 +4316,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:intellij-platform-java:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:intellij-platform-java:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : be.cyberelf.nanoxml. **Name** : nanoxml. **Version** : 2.2.3.
@@ -6135,14 +6135,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:49 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:jvm-tool-plugins:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:jvm-tool-plugins:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.code.findbugs. **Name** : jsr305. **Version** : 3.0.2.
@@ -7029,14 +7029,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:49 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:jvm-tools:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:jvm-tools:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : org.jetbrains. **Name** : annotations. **Version** : 26.0.2.
@@ -7836,14 +7836,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:plugin-base:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:plugin-base:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.code.findbugs. **Name** : jsr305. **Version** : 3.0.2.
@@ -8738,14 +8738,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:plugin-testlib:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:plugin-testlib:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.auto.value. **Name** : auto-value-annotations. **Version** : 1.10.2.
@@ -9744,14 +9744,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:protobuf-setup-plugins:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:protobuf-setup-plugins:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.code.findbugs. **Name** : jsr305. **Version** : 3.0.2.
@@ -10658,14 +10658,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:49 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:psi:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:psi:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : be.cyberelf.nanoxml. **Name** : nanoxml. **Version** : 2.2.3.
@@ -11822,14 +11822,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:49 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:psi-java:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:psi-java:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : be.cyberelf.nanoxml. **Name** : nanoxml. **Version** : 2.2.3.
@@ -13704,14 +13704,14 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:49 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
 
 
 
 
-# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:tool-base:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372`
+# Dependencies of `io.spine.tools:tool-base:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373`
 
 ## Runtime
 1.  **Group** : com.google.code.findbugs. **Name** : jsr305. **Version** : 3.0.2.
@@ -14631,6 +14631,6 @@ This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:49 WET 2026** using
 
 The dependencies distributed under several licenses, are used according their commercial-use-friendly license.
 
-This report was generated on **Fri Feb 20 20:25:48 WET 2026** using 
+This report was generated on **Mon Feb 23 16:41:59 WET 2026** using 
 [Gradle-License-Report plugin](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report) by Evgeny Naumenko, licensed under 
 [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/jk1/Gradle-License-Report/blob/master/LICENSE).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-root-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/spine/tools/gradle/root/RootPlugin.kt b/gradle-root-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/spine/tools/gradle/root/RootPlugin.kt
index 367a084a..0743bbc3 100644
--- a/gradle-root-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/spine/tools/gradle/root/RootPlugin.kt
+++ b/gradle-root-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/spine/tools/gradle/root/RootPlugin.kt
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ private fun Project.tryApplyStandardRepositories() {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Obtains the `settings` instance of the project.
+ *
+ * This is a hackaround from [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/27260)
+ * which requests the `settings` to be available via public Gradle API.
+ */
 private val Project.settings: SettingsInternal?
     get() = try {
         (project.gradle as GradleInternal).settings
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f6217bc..093fc781 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all modules and does not describe the project structure per-subproject.
  -->
 <groupId>io.spine.tools</groupId>
 <artifactId>tool-base</artifactId>
-<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372</version>
+<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373</version>
 
 <inceptionYear>2015</inceptionYear>
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ all modules and does not describe the project structure per-subproject.
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
     <artifactId>kotlin-build-tools-impl</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.21</version>
+    <version>null</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
diff --git a/version.gradle.kts b/version.gradle.kts
index dc1ad09f..bace0eaf 100644
--- a/version.gradle.kts
+++ b/version.gradle.kts
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
  * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-val versionToPublish: String by extra("2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.372")
+val versionToPublish: String by extra("2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.373")