diff --git a/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java11.yml b/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java11.yml
index 4a49a9aeaa9..3f1306820fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java11.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java11.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ on:
       - 'site/**'
     workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
-
 jobs:
   check:
 
@@ -48,5 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: 1.11
-      - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn clean package -B -nsu -DskipBookKeeperServerTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+      - name: Build with gradle
+        run: ./gradlew test -x bookkeeper-server:test -x tests:integration:cluster:test -x tests:integration:smoke:test -x tests:integration:standalone:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+        -PexcludeTests="*.apache.distributedlog.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.statelib.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.clients.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.common.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.stream.*"
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java8.yml b/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java8.yml
index fda71a59317..8caa43c8740 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compatibility-check-java8.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ on:
       - 'site/**'
     workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
-
 jobs:
   check:
 
@@ -48,5 +45,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
-      - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn clean package -B -nsu spotbugs:check -DskipBookKeeperServerTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+      - name: Build with gradle
+        run: ./gradlew test -x bookkeeper-server:test
+        -x tests:integration:cluster:test
+        -x tests:integration:smoke:test
+        -x tests:integration:standalone:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+        -PexcludeTests="*.apache.distributedlog.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.statelib.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.clients.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.common.*, *.apache.bookkeeper.stream.*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 97a3c82702c..297c3b06c7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
-      - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn -B -nsu clean install -Pdocker -DskipTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
 
-      - name: Run metadata driver tests
-        run: mvn -B -nsu -f metadata-drivers/pom.xml test -DintegrationTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
-
-      - name: Run all integration tests
-        run: mvn -B -nsu -f tests/pom.xml test -DintegrationTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+      - name: Build tar
+        run: ./gradlew stream:server:build -x test
+      - name: run cluster integration test
+        run: ./gradlew :tests:integration:cluster:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: run smoke test
+        run: ./gradlew tests:integration:smoke:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: run standalone test
+        run: ./gradlew tests:integration:standalone:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
index edcebaa484b..34337159b81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ on:
       - 'site/**'
     workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
 
 jobs:
   check:
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
-      - name: Validate pull request style
-        run: mvn clean -B -nsu apache-rat:check checkstyle:check package -Ddistributedlog -DskipTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+      - name: Validate pull request
+        run: ./gradlew build -x microbenchmarks:checkstyleMain -x spotbugsTest -x signDistTar -x test
       - name: Check license files
-        run: dev/check-all-licenses
+        run: dev/check-all-licenses-gradle
diff --git a/.github/workflows/remaining-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/remaining-tests.yml
index 6176aa42ec0..90cb641fc3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/remaining-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/remaining-tests.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ on:
       - 'site/**'
     workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
-
 jobs:
   test:
 
@@ -49,4 +46,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
       - name: Run remaining tests
-        run: mvn -B -nsu -am -pl bookkeeper-server clean install test -Dtest="!org.apache.bookkeeper.client.**,!org.apache.bookkeeper.bookie.**,!org.apache.bookkeeper.replication.**,!org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.**" -DfailIfNoTests=false -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+        run: ./gradlew bookkeeper-server:test -PexcludeTests="*org.apache.bookkeeper.bookie.*, *org.apache.bookkeeper.client.*, *org.apache.bookkeeper.replication.*, *org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.*"  -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/replication-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/replication-tests.yml
index 8dd6ea6ee6c..c5bd88ea081 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/replication-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/replication-tests.yml
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
       - name: Run replication tests
-        run: mvn -B -nsu -am -pl bookkeeper-server clean install test -Dtest="org.apache.bookkeeper.replication.**" -DfailIfNoTests=false -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+        run: ./gradlew bookkeeper-server:test --tests="org.apache.bookkeeper.replication.*" -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stream-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/stream-tests.yml
index ca4a7074f5a..c6584334361 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stream-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stream-tests.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ on:
       - 'site/**'
     workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
-
 jobs:
   test:
 
@@ -47,7 +44,20 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
-      - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn -B -nsu clean install -DskipTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
-      - name: Run StreamStorage tests
-        run: mvn -B -nsu -f stream/pom.xml verify -DstreamTests -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+      - name: Run stream:distributedlog:core tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:distributedlog:core:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:distributedlog:common tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:distributedlog:common:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:distributedlog:protocol tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:distributedlog:protocol:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:proto tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:proto:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:serve tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:server:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:statelib tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:statelib:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:storage:api:test tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:storage:api:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+      - name: Run stream:storage:impl tests
+        run: ./gradlew stream:storage:impl:test -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tls-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tls-tests.yml
index 45748c25fb7..00fb6f3d9db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tls-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tls-tests.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ on:
       - 'site/**'
     workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
-
 jobs:
   test:
 
@@ -49,4 +46,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
       - name: Run tls tests
-        run: mvn -B -am -nsu -pl bookkeeper-server clean install test -Dtest="org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.**" -DfailIfNoTests=false -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=INFO
+        run: ./gradlew bookkeeper-server:test --tests="org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.*" -Dtestlogger.theme=plain
diff --git a/bookkeeper-benchmark/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-benchmark/build.gradle
index 00e1cf7d178..6f428f697de 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-benchmark/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-benchmark/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
 }
 
 description = 'Apache BookKeeper :: Benchmark'
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.nettyTransportNativeEpoll
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
-
+    implementation depLibs.log4j12api
 
     testImplementation project(':bookkeeper-server')
     testImplementation project(path: ':bookkeeper-common', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
@@ -57,6 +59,11 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 10
+        maxRetries = 3
+    }
+
     maxHeapSize = '4G'
     forkEvery = 1
     jvmArgs("-Djunit.timeout.test=600000",
diff --git a/bookkeeper-common-allocator/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-common-allocator/build.gradle
index 57f6b590340..5685b25a34c 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-common-allocator/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-common-allocator/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/bookkeeper-common/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-common/build.gradle
index 94b5b36d63c..4b44f6815f3 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-common/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-common/build.gradle
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
     id "java-test-fixtures"
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
 }
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":bookkeeper-stats")
     implementation project(":cpu-affinity")
 
-    compileOnly depLibs.errorprone
+    implementation depLibs.errorprone
     compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
     compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     compileOnly depLibs.spotbugsAnnotations
@@ -50,3 +52,12 @@ dependencies {
     testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
+test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 20
+        maxRetries = 3
+    }
+
+    maxHeapSize = '3G'
+    forkEvery = 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/all/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-dist/all/build.gradle
index 343f01a7111..205cdf26d4f 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/all/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/all/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ plugins {
 description = 'Apache BookKeeper :: Dist (All)'
 
 dependencies {
-
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-benchmark')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-http:http-server')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-http:vertx-http-server')
@@ -36,18 +35,13 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:distributedlog:core')
     implementation project(':stream:server')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-tools')
-
-    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
-    compileOnly depLibs.spotbugsAnnotations
-
-    implementation depLibs.log4j12api
-
-
-    testCompileOnly depLibs.lombok
-
-
-    annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
-    testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
+    implementation depLibs.jsr305
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.log4j12api
+    implementation (depLibs.zookeeperTest) {
+        exclude group: "io.netty", module: "netty-transport-native-epoll"
+        exclude group: 'log4j', module: 'log4j'
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
+    }
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -116,7 +110,11 @@ distributions {
                             } else {
                                 // External dependencies
                                 def id = dep.moduleVersion.id
-                                archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}.jar"
+                                if (dep.classifier != null) {
+                                    archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}-${dep.classifier}.jar"
+                                } else {
+                                    archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}.jar"
+                                }
                             }
                             rename {archiveName}
                         }
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/bkctl/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-dist/bkctl/build.gradle
index 691f09bc0e4..eda3c96d978 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/bkctl/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/bkctl/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,19 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(":bookkeeper-tools")
+    implementation (project(":bookkeeper-tools")) {
+        exclude group: "org.rocksdb", module: "rocksdbjni"
+    }
+    runtimeOnly (depLibs.zookeeperTest) {
+        exclude group: "io.netty", module: "netty-transport-native-epoll"
+        exclude group: 'log4j', module: 'log4j'
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
+    }
+    runtimeOnly (project(':bookkeeper-stats-providers:codahale-metrics-provider')) {
+       exclude group: "io.dropwizard.metrics", module: "metrics-graphite"
+       exclude group: "io.dropwizard.metrics", module: "metrics-jvm"
+   }
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.snappy
 }
 
 releaseArtifacts {
@@ -35,7 +47,6 @@ releaseArtifacts {
 def depLicences = [
         "checker-qual-3.5.0/LICENSE",
         "google-auth-library-credentials-0.20.0/LICENSE",
-        "javax.servlet-api-4.0.0/CDDL+GPL-1.1",
         "netty-4.1.68.Final/*",
         "bouncycastle-1.0.2/LICENSE.html",
         "protobuf-3.14.0/LICENSE",
@@ -99,7 +110,11 @@ distributions {
                             } else {
                                 // External dependencies
                                 def id = dep.moduleVersion.id
-                                archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}.jar"
+                                if (dep.classifier != null) {
+                                    archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}-${dep.classifier}.jar"
+                                } else {
+                                    archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}.jar"
+                                }
                             }
                             rename {archiveName}
                         }
diff --git a/bookkeeper-dist/server/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-dist/server/build.gradle
index 6ce817ddf9f..d10add5b587 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-dist/server/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-dist/server/build.gradle
@@ -28,28 +28,20 @@ releaseArtifacts {
     artifact(tasks.named("distTar"))
 }
 
-//    implementation project(':bookkeeper-http:vertx-http-server')
 dependencies {
-
-    implementation project(':bookkeeper-http:http-server')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-server')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-stats-providers:prometheus-metrics-provider')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-stats')
     implementation project(':stream:distributedlog:core')
     implementation project(':stream:server')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-tools')
-
-    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
-    compileOnly depLibs.spotbugsAnnotations
-
     implementation depLibs.log4j12api
 
-
-    testCompileOnly depLibs.lombok
-
-
-    annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
-    testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
+    runtimeOnly (depLibs.zookeeperTest) {
+        exclude group: "io.netty", module: "netty-transport-native-epoll"
+        exclude group: 'log4j', module: 'log4j'
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
+    }
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -106,7 +98,11 @@ distributions {
                             } else {
                                 // External dependencies
                                 def id = dep.moduleVersion.id
-                                archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}.jar"
+                                if (dep.classifier != null) {
+                                    archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}-${dep.classifier}.jar"
+                                } else {
+                                    archiveName = "${id.group}-${id.name}-${id.version}.jar"
+                                }
                             }
                             rename {archiveName}
                         }
@@ -116,3 +112,12 @@ distributions {
         }
     }
 }
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        maven(MavenPublication) {
+            groupId = 'org.apache.bookkeeper'
+            artifactId = 'bookkeeper-dist-server'
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bookkeeper-http/vertx-http-server/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-http/vertx-http-server/build.gradle
index bc01765f956..19dff5a4a28 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-http/vertx-http-server/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-http/vertx-http-server/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -25,6 +26,16 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
     implementation depLibs.vertxCore
     implementation depLibs.vertxWeb
+    implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
+    implementation depLibs.nettyCommon
+    implementation depLibs.nettyHandler
+    implementation depLibs.nettyTransport
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.nettyTransportNativeEpoll
+    implementation depLibs.nettyProxy
+    implementation depLibs.nettyCodecHTTP
+    implementation depLibs.nettyCodecHTTP2
+    implementation depLibs.nettyResolver
+    implementation depLibs.nettyResolverDNS
     testImplementation depLibs.junit
 }
 
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-server/build.gradle
index b18ed013032..1445fbe44af 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/build.gradle
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.protobuf
     implementation depLibs.rocksDb
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
+    implementation depLibs.log4jSlf4jImpl
+    implementation depLibs.log4j12api
+    implementation depLibs.log4jCore
 
     testImplementation project(':bookkeeper-stats-providers:prometheus-metrics-provider')
     testImplementation project(':bookkeeper-http:vertx-http-server')
@@ -72,9 +75,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation depLibs.zookeeperTest
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
     testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
-    testImplementation depLibs.log4jSlf4jImpl
-    testImplementation depLibs.log4j12api
-    testImplementation depLibs.log4jCore
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/bookkeeper-stats-providers/codahale-metrics-provider/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-stats-providers/codahale-metrics-provider/build.gradle
index 2ac1dbbf17f..a5e1868a883 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-stats-providers/codahale-metrics-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-stats-providers/codahale-metrics-provider/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 description = 'Apache BookKeeper :: Stats Providers :: Codahale Metrics'
diff --git a/bookkeeper-stats-providers/prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-stats-providers/prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle
index f51d0592b8a..dc093500630 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-stats-providers/prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-stats-providers/prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.commonsConfiguration
     implementation depLibs.guava
     implementation depLibs.jettyServlet
+    implementation depLibs.javaxServlet
     implementation depLibs.nettyCommon
     implementation depLibs.prometheusSimpleClient
     implementation depLibs.prometheusSimpleClientHotspot
diff --git a/bookkeeper-stats/build.gradle b/bookkeeper-stats/build.gradle
index 70167df9951..98784c9718b 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-stats/build.gradle
+++ b/bookkeeper-stats/build.gradle
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'bookkeeper-stats-api'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6373c77877b..1938184315e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ allprojects {
                     '**/out/**',
                     '**/generated/**',
                     '**/build/**',
+                    '**/target/**',
                     '**/.idea/**',
                     '.git/**/*',
                     '.github/**/*',
@@ -201,17 +202,24 @@ allprojects {
             }
         }
         test {
-            String testGroup = System.properties['testGroup']
-            if (testGroup == 'client') {
-                include '**/client/*'
-            } else if (testGroup == 'bookie') {
-                include '**/bookie/*'
-            } else if (testGroup == 'other') {
-                exclude '**/client/*'
-                exclude '**/bookie/*'
-            }
-            if (project.hasProperty('excludeTests')) {
-                exclude project.property('excludeTests')
+            filter {
+                String testGroup = System.properties['testGroup']
+                if (testGroup == 'client') {
+                    include '**/client/*'
+                } else if (testGroup == 'bookie') {
+                    include '**/bookie/*'
+                } else if (testGroup == 'other') {
+                    exclude '**/client/*'
+                    exclude '**/bookie/*'
+                }
+                if (project.hasProperty('excludeTests')) {
+                    String excludeTests = project.property('excludeTests');
+                    ArrayList<String> tests = excludeTests.split(',');
+                    tests.forEach({it
+                        String exclude = it.trim();
+                        excludeTestsMatching exclude;
+                    });
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/circe-checksum/build.gradle b/circe-checksum/build.gradle
index 5e03ec9324e..1e7a75fd3e7 100644
--- a/circe-checksum/build.gradle
+++ b/circe-checksum/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/cpu-affinity/build.gradle b/cpu-affinity/build.gradle
index 750f7a2802d..3f2cf0d2c74 100644
--- a/cpu-affinity/build.gradle
+++ b/cpu-affinity/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index a7bc5bf66bb..6b019f814ed 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ depVersions = [
     arquillianJunit: "1.6.0.Final",
     bcFips: "1.0.2",
     bouncycastle: "1.69",
-    commonsCli: "1.4",
-    commonsCodec: "1.14",
+    commonsCli: "1.2",
+    commonsCodec: "1.6",
     commonsCollections4: "4.1",
     commonsCompress: "1.19",
     commonsConfiguration: "1.10",
@@ -38,16 +38,18 @@ depVersions = [
     curator: "5.1.0",
     dockerJava: "3.2.5",
     dropwizard: "3.2.5",
-    errorprone: "2.1.2",
+    errorprone: "2.4.0",
     freebuilder: "2.7.0",
+    googleHTTPClient: "1.34.0",
     gradleTooling: "4.0.1",
     grpc: "1.33.0",
     groovy: "2.5.8",
-    guava: "30.1-jre",
+    guava: "30.0-jre",
     hamcrest: "1.3",
-    hdrhistogram: "2.1.4",
+    hdrhistogram: "2.1.10",
     httpclient: "4.5.13",
-    jackson: "2.11.1",
+    jackson: "2.11.0",
+    javaxServlet: "4.0.0",
     javaAnnotations:"1.3.2",
     jcommander: "1.78",
     jctools: "2.1.2",
@@ -66,19 +68,19 @@ depVersions = [
     netty: "4.1.68.Final",
     nettyTcnativeBoringSsl: "2.0.42.Final",
     powermock: "2.0.2",
-    prometheus: "0.0.21",
+    prometheus: "0.8.1",
     protobuf: "3.14.0",
     reflections: "0.9.11",
     rocksDb: "6.22.1.1",
-    slf4j: "1.7.30",
-    snakeyaml: "1.27",
+    slf4j: "1.7.32",
+    snakeyaml: "1.19",
     spotbugsAnnotations: "3.1.8",
     protocGenGrpcJava: "1.12.0",
     shrinkwrap:"3.1.4",
-    snappy: "1.1.7.7",
+    snappy: "1.1.7",
     thrift: "0.14.2",
     testcontainers: "1.15.1",
-    vertx: "3.9.2",
+    vertx: "3.9.8",
     yahooDatasketches: "0.8.3",
     zookeeper: "3.6.2",
 ]
@@ -99,25 +101,57 @@ depLibs = [
     commonsLang2: "commons-lang:commons-lang:${depVersions.commonsLang2}",
     commonsLang3: "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:${depVersions.commonsLang3}",
     commonsBeanutils: "commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:${depVersions.commonsBeanutils}",
-    curatorFramework: "org.apache.curator:curator-framework:${depVersions.curator}",
-    curatorRecipes: "org.apache.curator:curator-recipes:${depVersions.curator}",
+    curatorFramework: dependencies.create("org.apache.curator:curator-framework:${depVersions.curator}") {
+        exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
+        exclude group: 'io.netty', module: 'netty-transport-native-epoll'
+        exclude group: 'log4j', module: 'log4j'
+    },
+
+    curatorRecipes:  dependencies.create("org.apache.curator:curator-recipes:${depVersions.curator}") {
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.curator', module: 'curator-framework'
+    },
     dockerJava: "com.github.docker-java:docker-java:${depVersions.dockerJava}",
     errorprone: "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:${depVersions.errorprone}",
     freebuilder: "org.inferred:freebuilder:${depVersions.freebuilder}",
+    googleHTTPClient: dependencies.create("com.google.http-client:google-http-client:${depVersions.googleHTTPClient}") {
+        exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
+        exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpcore'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
+    },
     gradleTooling: "org.gradle:gradle-tooling-api:${depVersions.gradleTooling}",
-    grpc: "io.grpc:grpc-all:${depVersions.grpc}",
+    grpc: dependencies.create("io.grpc:grpc-all:${depVersions.grpc}") {
+        exclude group: 'com.google.http-client', module: 'google-http-client'
+        exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp', module: 'okhttp'
+        exclude group: 'com.squareup.okio', module: 'okio'
+        exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
+        exclude group: 'io.grpc', module: 'grpc-netty-shaded'
+        exclude group: 'io.grpc', module: 'grpc-okhttp'
+        exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
+        exclude group: 'org.bouncycastle', module: 'bcpkix-jdk15on'
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.mojo', module: 'animal-sniffer-annotations'
+    },
     groovy: "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${depVersions.groovy}",
-    guava: "com.google.guava:guava:${depVersions.guava}",
+    guava: dependencies.create("com.google.guava:guava:${depVersions.guava}"){
+        exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
+    },
     hdrHistogram: "org.hdrhistogram:HdrHistogram:${depVersions.hdrhistogram}",
     hamcrest: "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:${depVersions.hamcrest}",
-    httpclient: "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${depVersions.httpclient}",
+    httpclient: dependencies.create("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${depVersions.httpclient}") {
+        exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    },
     jacksonAnnotations: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${depVersions.jackson}",
     javaAnnotations: "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:${depVersions.javaAnnotations}",
     jacksonCore: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${depVersions.jackson}",
     jacksonDatabind: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${depVersions.jackson}",
+    javaxServlet: "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:${depVersions.javaxServlet}",
     jcommander: "com.beust:jcommander:${depVersions.jcommander}",
     jctools: "org.jctools:jctools-core:${depVersions.jctools}",
-    jettyServlet: "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:${depVersions.jetty}",
+    jettyServlet: dependencies.create("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:${depVersions.jetty}") {
+        exclude group: 'javax.servlet', module: 'javax.servlet-api'
+    },
     jmock: "org.jmock:jmock:${depVersions.jmock}",
     jmhCore: "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:${depVersions.jmh}",
     jmhGeneratorAnnprocess: "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:${depVersions.jmh}",
@@ -140,7 +174,12 @@ depLibs = [
     nettyHandler: "io.netty:netty-handler:${depVersions.netty}",
     nettyTcnativeBoringSsl: "io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:${depVersions.nettyTcnativeBoringSsl}",
     nettyTransport: "io.netty:netty-transport:${depVersions.netty}",
-    nettyTransportNativeEpoll: "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${depVersions.netty}",
+    nettyTransportNativeEpoll: "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${depVersions.netty}:linux-x86_64",
+    nettyProxy: "io.netty:netty-handler-proxy:${depVersions.netty}",
+    nettyCodecHTTP: "io.netty:netty-codec-http:${depVersions.netty}",
+    nettyCodecHTTP2: "io.netty:netty-codec-http2:${depVersions.netty}",
+    nettyResolver: "io.netty:netty-resolver:${depVersions.netty}",
+    nettyResolverDNS: "io.netty:netty-resolver-dns:${depVersions.netty}",
     powermockJunit: "org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4:${depVersions.powermock}",
     powermockMockito: "org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito2:${depVersions.powermock}",
     prometheusSimpleClient: "io.prometheus:simpleclient:${depVersions.prometheus}",
@@ -157,15 +196,34 @@ depLibs = [
     shrinkwrapApi: "org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver:shrinkwrap-resolver-api:${depVersions.shrinkwrap}",
     snappy: "org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:${depVersions.snappy}",
     snakeyaml: "org.yaml:snakeyaml:${depVersions.snakeyaml}",
-    spotbugsAnnotations: "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:${depVersions.spotbugsAnnotations}",
+    spotbugsAnnotations: dependencies.create("com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:${depVersions.spotbugsAnnotations}") {
+        exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
+    },
     thrift: dependencies.create("org.apache.thrift:libthrift:${depVersions.thrift}") {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-core'
         exclude group: 'javax.annotation', module: 'javax.annotation-api'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpcore'
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
     },
     testcontainers: "org.testcontainers:testcontainers:${depVersions.testcontainers}",
-    vertxCore: "io.vertx:vertx-core:${depVersions.vertx}",
-    vertxWeb: "io.vertx:vertx-web:${depVersions.vertx}",
+    vertxCore: dependencies.create("io.vertx:vertx-core:${depVersions.vertx}") {
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', module: 'jackson-annotations'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', module: 'jackson-databind'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', module: 'jackson-core'
+        exclude group: 'io.netty'
+    },
+    vertxWeb: dependencies.create("io.vertx:vertx-web:${depVersions.vertx}") {
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', module: 'jackson-annotations'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', module: 'jackson-databind'
+        exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', module: 'jackson-core'
+        exclude group: 'io.netty'
+    },
     yahooDatasketches: "com.yahoo.datasketches:sketches-core:${depVersions.yahooDatasketches}",
-    zookeeper: "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:${depVersions.zookeeper}",
+    zookeeper: dependencies.create("org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:${depVersions.zookeeper}") {
+        exclude group: 'io.netty', module: 'netty-transport-native-epoll'
+        exclude group: 'log4j', module: 'log4j'
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
+    },
     zookeeperTest: "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:${depVersions.zookeeper}:tests"
 ]
diff --git a/dev/check-all-licenses-gradle b/dev/check-all-licenses-gradle
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..03eeb51c65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/check-all-licenses-gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Script to check licenses on a binary tarball.
+# It extracts the list of bundled jars, the NOTICE, and the LICENSE
+# files. It checked that every non-bk jar bundled is mentioned in the
+# LICENSE file. It checked that all jar files mentioned in NOTICE and
+# LICENSE are actually bundled.
+
+# all error fatal
+set -e -x
+
+HERE=$(dirname $0)
+BOOKKEEPER_DIST=$HERE/../bookkeeper-dist
+$HERE/check-binary-license $BOOKKEEPER_DIST/server/build/distributions/bookkeeper-server-*.tar.gz
+$HERE/check-binary-license $BOOKKEEPER_DIST/all/build/distributions/bookkeeper-all-*.tar.gz
+$HERE/check-binary-license $BOOKKEEPER_DIST/bkctl/build/distributions/bkctl-*.tar.gz
+
diff --git a/dev/check-binary-license b/dev/check-binary-license
index 9d26d6e5cb0..644be1d384d 100755
--- a/dev/check-binary-license
+++ b/dev/check-binary-license
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ LICENSEPATH=$(${TAR} -tf $TARBALL  | awk '/^[^\/]*\/LICENSE/')
 LICENSE=$(${TAR} -O -xf $TARBALL "$LICENSEPATH")
 NOTICEPATH=$(${TAR} -tf $TARBALL  | awk '/^[^\/]*\/NOTICE/')
 NOTICE=$(${TAR} -O -xf $TARBALL $NOTICEPATH)
-
+echo $LICENSEPATH
 LICENSEJARS=$(echo "$LICENSE" | sed -nE 's!.*lib/(.*\.jar).*!\1!gp')
 NOTICEJARS=$(echo "$NOTICE" | sed -nE 's!.*lib/(.*\.jar).*!\1!gp')
 
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ for J in $JARS; do
         continue
     fi
 
+    echo $J | grep -q "bookkeeper-dist-server"
+    if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    echo $J | grep -q "bookkeeper-dist-all"
+    if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    echo $J | grep -q "bookkeeper-dist-bkctl"
+    if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
     echo "$LICENSE" | grep -q $J
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then
         echo $J unaccounted for in LICENSE
diff --git a/microbenchmarks/build.gradle b/microbenchmarks/build.gradle
index cbb210794e3..897cfb3b89b 100644
--- a/microbenchmarks/build.gradle
+++ b/microbenchmarks/build.gradle
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly project(":bookkeeper-common")
-    compileOnly project(":bookkeeper-server")
-    compileOnly project(":bookkeeper-stats-providers:codahale-metrics-provider")
-    compileOnly project(":bookkeeper-stats-providers:prometheus-metrics-provider")
-    compileOnly project(":bookkeeper-stats")
-    compileOnly project(":bookkeeper-proto")
+    implementation project(":bookkeeper-stats-providers:codahale-metrics-provider")
+    implementation project(":bookkeeper-stats-providers:prometheus-metrics-provider")
+    implementation project(":bookkeeper-common")
+    implementation project(":bookkeeper-server")
+    implementation project(":bookkeeper-stats")
+    implementation project(":bookkeeper-proto")
     compileOnly depLibs.metricsCore
     compileOnly depLibs.protobuf
     compileOnly depLibs.nettyBuffer
diff --git a/stats/utils/build.gradle b/stats/utils/build.gradle
index 39ff187fbf5..1c40b106e21 100644
--- a/stats/utils/build.gradle
+++ b/stats/utils/build.gradle
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.jacksonAnnotations
     implementation depLibs.jcommander
     implementation depLibs.reflections
-    implementation depLibs.log4j12api
+    implementation depLibs.slf4j
     implementation depLibs.snakeyaml
 
-
     testCompileOnly depLibs.lombok
 
 
diff --git a/stream/api/build.gradle b/stream/api/build.gradle
index ad9eaa577ac..85bb55e9d7c 100644
--- a/stream/api/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/api/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:common')
 
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.nettyCommon
 
diff --git a/stream/clients/java/all/build.gradle b/stream/clients/java/all/build.gradle
index 54c47ed00a4..183ce38ae6e 100644
--- a/stream/clients/java/all/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/clients/java/all/build.gradle
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:proto')
 
     implementation depLibs.grpc
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
 
     testImplementation project(path: ':stream:clients:java:base', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
     testImplementation depLibs.powermockJunit
     testImplementation depLibs.powermockMockito
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
 
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
diff --git a/stream/clients/java/base/build.gradle b/stream/clients/java/base/build.gradle
index f0251c352ca..0c1082b7503 100644
--- a/stream/clients/java/base/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/clients/java/base/build.gradle
@@ -23,13 +23,18 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:proto')
 
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang2
-    compileOnly depLibs.freebuilder
+    implementation depLibs.freebuilder
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
     implementation depLibs.grpc
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
 
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
 
+    testImplementation depLibs.freebuilder
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
     annotationProcessor depLibs.freebuilder
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
@@ -38,6 +43,10 @@ configurations {
     testCompile.exclude group:'io.grpc', module: 'grpc-netty-shaded'
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'stream-storage-java-client-base'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/stream/clients/java/kv/build.gradle b/stream/clients/java/kv/build.gradle
index e268ae5bb1a..3df6167cd14 100644
--- a/stream/clients/java/kv/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/clients/java/kv/build.gradle
@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:common')
     implementation project(':stream:proto')
     implementation depLibs.grpc
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.protobuf
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
-
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
     testImplementation project(path: ':stream:clients:java:base', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
-
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
diff --git a/stream/common/build.gradle b/stream/common/build.gradle
index cbd0406bdef..dee551749a5 100644
--- a/stream/common/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/common/build.gradle
@@ -16,17 +16,26 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+plugins {
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-common')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-stats')
     implementation depLibs.grpc
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.jsr305
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
     testImplementation project(':stream:tests-common')
     testImplementation project(path: ':bookkeeper-common', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
     testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
@@ -42,3 +51,13 @@ publishing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 10
+        maxRetries = 2
+    }
+
+    maxHeapSize = '2G'
+    forkEvery = 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stream/distributedlog/common/build.gradle b/stream/distributedlog/common/build.gradle
index c2c285d886f..ed4f74e513e 100644
--- a/stream/distributedlog/common/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/distributedlog/common/build.gradle
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+plugins {
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     compileOnly depLibs.lombok
 
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.commonsConfiguration
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang3
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.jsr305
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
     implementation depLibs.lz4
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
@@ -36,6 +42,10 @@ dependencies {
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'distributedlog-common'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
@@ -44,3 +54,13 @@ publishing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 20
+        maxRetries = 2
+    }
+
+    maxHeapSize = '2G'
+    forkEvery = 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stream/distributedlog/core/build.gradle b/stream/distributedlog/core/build.gradle
index ca739376dec..a3ee41bd5c0 100644
--- a/stream/distributedlog/core/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/distributedlog/core/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -32,30 +34,36 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.commonsIO
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang3
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.jsr305
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.nettyTransportNativeEpoll
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
     implementation depLibs.thrift
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.httpclient
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
 
     testRuntimeOnly depLibs.metricsCore
     testRuntimeOnly depLibs.snappy
-    testRuntimeOnly depLibs.commonsBeanutils
-
 
     testImplementation project(path: ':bookkeeper-common', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation project(path: ':stream:distributedlog:common', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation depLibs.junit
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
-    implementation depLibs.javaAnnotations
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
+    testCompileOnly depLibs.jsr305
+    compileOnly depLibs.javaAnnotations
 
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
     testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
 test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 20
+        maxRetries = 2
+    }
+
     maxHeapSize = '4G'
     forkEvery = 1
 }
@@ -65,6 +73,10 @@ test.doFirst {
             "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true", "-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=paranoid")
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'distributedlog-core'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/stream/distributedlog/protocol/build.gradle b/stream/distributedlog/protocol/build.gradle
index 7e93bb300a7..532d41fb8af 100644
--- a/stream/distributedlog/protocol/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/distributedlog/protocol/build.gradle
@@ -16,21 +16,31 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+plugins {
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:distributedlog:common')
     implementation depLibs.commonsCodec
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.jsr305
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
 
     testImplementation project(':bookkeeper-common')
     testImplementation depLibs.junit
-
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'distributedlog-protocol'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
@@ -39,3 +49,13 @@ publishing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 20
+        maxRetries = 3
+    }
+
+    maxHeapSize = '2G'
+    forkEvery = 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stream/proto/build.gradle b/stream/proto/build.gradle
index cc27288f437..d492592b4a1 100644
--- a/stream/proto/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/proto/build.gradle
@@ -18,15 +18,18 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'com.google.protobuf'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':stream:common')
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.grpc
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang3
-    implementation depLibs.javaAnnotations
-
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
+    compileOnly depLibs.javaAnnotations
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +51,10 @@ protobuf {
     }
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'stream-storage-proto'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/stream/server/build.gradle b/stream/server/build.gradle
index 76f966abc2d..944277dcd3c 100644
--- a/stream/server/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/server/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 plugins {
     id 'application'
     id 'distribution'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+}
+
+configurations {
+    runtimeClasspath {
+        resolutionStrategy.force depLibs.jacksonAnnotations
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -44,18 +51,19 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang3
     implementation depLibs.curatorFramework
     implementation depLibs.grpc
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
     implementation depLibs.guava
     implementation depLibs.jcommander
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.metricsCore
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.snappy
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.log4j12api
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.commonsBeanutils
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.vertxCore
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.vertxWeb
+    implementation depLibs.metricsCore
+    implementation depLibs.snappy
+    implementation depLibs.log4j12api
+    implementation depLibs.vertxCore
+    implementation depLibs.vertxWeb
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
-    implementation depLibs.javaAnnotations
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
+    compileOnly depLibs.javaAnnotations
 
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
@@ -69,6 +77,10 @@ task writeClasspath {
     new File(buildDir, "classpath.txt").text = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath.collect { it.absolutePath }.join(':') + "\n"
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'stream-storage-server'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/stream/statelib/build.gradle b/stream/statelib/build.gradle
index d2d98321f78..21941e1613d 100644
--- a/stream/statelib/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/statelib/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'com.google.protobuf'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+    id 'org.gradle.test-retry'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang2
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang3
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.jsr305
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.nettyBuffer
     implementation depLibs.nettyCommon
     implementation depLibs.protobuf
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation depLibs.metricsCore
     testImplementation depLibs.snappy
     testImplementation depLibs.slf4jSimple
-    runtimeOnly depLibs.commonsBeanutils
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
+    //runtimeOnly depLibs.commonsBeanutils
     testImplementation project(path: ':stream:distributedlog:core', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
 
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
@@ -73,6 +76,11 @@ protobuf {
 }
 
 test {
+    retry {
+        maxFailures = 200
+        maxRetries = 5
+    }
+
     maxHeapSize = '2G'
     forkEvery = 1
 }
diff --git a/stream/storage/api/build.gradle b/stream/storage/api/build.gradle
index b4ff1ff0eaf..24d41afbc57 100644
--- a/stream/storage/api/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/storage/api/build.gradle
@@ -16,12 +16,19 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-common')
     implementation project(':stream:common')
     implementation project(':stream:proto')
     implementation depLibs.commonsConfiguration
     implementation depLibs.grpc
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
 }
 
 jar {
diff --git a/stream/storage/impl/build.gradle b/stream/storage/impl/build.gradle
index 231abe2e9ab..0e00a3e5b80 100644
--- a/stream/storage/impl/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/storage/impl/build.gradle
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-common')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-server')
@@ -32,22 +38,31 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.commonsConfiguration
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang3
     implementation depLibs.curatorRecipes
+    implementation depLibs.curatorFramework
     implementation depLibs.grpc
+    runtimeOnly depLibs.googleHTTPClient
     implementation depLibs.guava
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
-
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
     testImplementation project(':stream:distributedlog:common')
     testImplementation project(':stream:distributedlog:protocol')
     testImplementation project(path: ':bookkeeper-common', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation project(path: ':stream:clients:java:base', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation project(path: ':stream:distributedlog:core', configuration: 'testArtifacts')
     testImplementation depLibs.mockito
-
+    testImplementation depLibs.junit
+    testImplementation depLibs.lombok
+    testImplementation depLibs.metricsCore
+    testImplementation depLibs.snappy
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
     testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
+jar {
+    archiveBaseName = 'stream-storage-service-impl'
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/stream/tests-common/build.gradle b/stream/tests-common/build.gradle
index 5259cd6e0e9..5de37a758fc 100644
--- a/stream/tests-common/build.gradle
+++ b/stream/tests-common/build.gradle
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.grpc
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    testImplementation depLibs.googleHTTPClient
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
-
+    compileOnly depLibs.jsr305
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
-    implementation depLibs.javaAnnotations
+    compileOnly depLibs.javaAnnotations
 }
 
 protobuf {
diff --git a/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/Dockerfile b/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/Dockerfile
index 15cfa9c4618..0c8098a49f6 100644
--- a/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/bookkeeper/conf
 RUN mkdir /opt/bookkeeper/scripts
 
 ### -----Copy Jars------###
-ADD ./dist/server.tar /opt/
+ADD ./dist/server.tar.gz /opt/
 RUN mv /opt/server/lib/*.jar /opt/bookkeeper/lib/
 ### --------------------###
 
diff --git a/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/image_builder.sh b/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/image_builder.sh
index 91513bc3f5c..6cc6cde1c46 100755
--- a/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/image_builder.sh
+++ b/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/image_builder.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mkdir "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/scripts
 mkdir "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/temp_conf
 mkdir "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/temp_bin
 
-cp "${BASE_DIR}"/stream/server/build/distributions/server.tar "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/dist
+cp "${BASE_DIR}"/stream/server/build/distributions/server.tar.gz "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/dist
 cp "${BASE_DIR}"/docker/scripts/* "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/scripts
 cp "${BASE_DIR}"/conf/* "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/temp_conf
 cp "${BASE_DIR}"/bin/* "${BASE_DIR}"/tests/docker-images/statestore-image/temp_bin
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests-topologies/build.gradle b/tests/integration-tests-topologies/build.gradle
index a97b03484d2..f26f6903965 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests-topologies/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/integration-tests-topologies/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':tests:integration-tests-utils')
     implementation depLibs.testcontainers
     implementation depLibs.junit
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
     implementation depLibs.guava
     implementation depLibs.commonsLang2
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests-utils/build.gradle b/tests/integration-tests-utils/build.gradle
index 9940ff92925..649421eeef0 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/integration-tests-utils/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.arquillianCubeDocker
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
     implementation depLibs.junit
-    implementation depLibs.lombok
+    compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
     implementation depLibs.groovy
     implementation depLibs.shrinkwrapImpl
diff --git a/tests/integration/cluster/build.gradle b/tests/integration/cluster/build.gradle
index 16e8fe6855f..4eafefd1b97 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cluster/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/integration/cluster/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
-    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger' version '2.0.0'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation depLibs.log4j12api
     testImplementation depLibs.testcontainers
     testImplementation depLibs.commonsConfiguration
+    testImplementation depLibs.googleHTTPClient
     testAnnotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/smoke/build.gradle b/tests/integration/smoke/build.gradle
index bf6a938c8a2..02ad13b25fb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/smoke/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/integration/smoke/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
-    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger' version '2.0.0'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/tests/integration/standalone/build.gradle b/tests/integration/standalone/build.gradle
index f8f0751a56f..17044f7bce6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/standalone/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/integration/standalone/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
-    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger' version '2.0.0'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/tools/all/build.gradle b/tools/all/build.gradle
index 5b667eb3c06..d70ec09f56c 100644
--- a/tools/all/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/all/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-tools-ledger')
     implementation project(':bookkeeper-tools-stream')
-
+   // implementation depLibs.nettyCodecHTTP2
+    //implementation depLibs.nettyCodecHTTP
     compileOnly depLibs.lombok
     compileOnly depLibs.spotbugsAnnotations
 
diff --git a/tools/framework/build.gradle b/tools/framework/build.gradle
index c188a1cb287..ddf9c468f9d 100644
--- a/tools/framework/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/framework/build.gradle
@@ -29,10 +29,17 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.jcommander
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
     testImplementation depLibs.junit
-
     annotationProcessor depLibs.lombok
 }
 
 jar {
     archiveBaseName = 'bookkeeper-tools-framework'
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        maven(MavenPublication) {
+            artifactId = 'bookkeeper-tools-framework'
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/tools/ledger/build.gradle b/tools/ledger/build.gradle
index 23334dd3bea..149f36e2647 100644
--- a/tools/ledger/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/ledger/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.jcommander
     implementation depLibs.slf4j
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
-
+    implementation depLibs.nettyCodecHTTP2
+    implementation depLibs.nettyCodecHTTP
+    implementation depLibs.nettyProxy
     testImplementation project(":bookkeeper-stats")
     testCompileOnly depLibs.lombok
     testImplementation depLibs.junit
diff --git a/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/helpers/CookieCommandTestBase.java b/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/helpers/CookieCommandTestBase.java
index f6f66b6e2fa..45d7d8b6ab2 100644
--- a/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/helpers/CookieCommandTestBase.java
+++ b/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/helpers/CookieCommandTestBase.java
@@ -22,21 +22,17 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.discover.RegistrationManager;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.meta.MetadataDrivers;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito;
 import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
-import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;
 
 /**
  * A test base for testing cookie commands.
  */
-@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
 @PrepareForTest({ MetadataDrivers.class })
 public class CookieCommandTestBase extends CommandTestBase {
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/build.gradle b/tools/perf/build.gradle
index b7d659e6853..71c5c83ef95 100644
--- a/tools/perf/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/perf/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation depLibs.log4j12api
     implementation depLibs.zookeeper
     implementation depLibs.curatorFramework
+    //implementation depLibs.curatorClient
     implementation depLibs.protobuf
     implementation depLibs.jacksonDatabind
     implementation depLibs.hdrHistogram
diff --git a/tools/stream/build.gradle b/tools/stream/build.gradle
index 223f27ed4dc..1a379216554 100644
--- a/tools/stream/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/stream/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -53,3 +54,11 @@ dependencies {
 jar {
     archiveBaseName = 'stream-storage-cli'
 }
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        maven(MavenPublication) {
+            artifactId = 'stream-storage-cli'
+        }
+    }
+}
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