diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index efadd0a71..8a09c3262 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly group: 'org.json', name: 'json', version: '20231013'
     runtimeOnly("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jackson}")
     runtimeOnly("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}")
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
+    testFixturesImplementation "org.opensearch:common-utils:${version}"
+    testFixturesImplementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.14.0'
     // json-path 2.9.0 depends on slf4j 2.0.11, which conflicts with the version used by OpenSearch core.
     // Excluding slf4j here since json-path is only used for testing, and logging failures in this context are acceptable.
     testFixturesImplementation('com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0') {
@@ -279,8 +282,6 @@ dependencies {
     }
     // OpenSearch core is using slf4j 1.7.36. Therefore, we cannot change the version here.
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
-    testFixturesImplementation "org.opensearch:common-utils:${version}"
-    testFixturesImplementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.14.0'
     testFixturesCompileOnly group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version:'32.1.3-jre'
     testFixturesCompileOnly fileTree(dir: knnJarDirectory, include: "opensearch-knn-${opensearch_build}.jar")
 }
diff --git a/qa/build.gradle b/qa/build.gradle
index 60dc0023b..8f1193119 100644
--- a/qa/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/build.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencies {
     api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${versions.log4j}"
     api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${versions.log4j}"
     api "junit:junit:${versions.junit}"
-    testRuntimeOnly 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0' 
+    testRuntimeOnly 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0'
     testImplementation "org.opensearch.test:framework:${opensearch_version}"
     testImplementation(testFixtures(rootProject))
 }