diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index dad2820..1b062d6 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
   id("kafkatorio.conventions.kotlin-dsl")
+  id("kafkatorio.conventions.kotlin-serialization")
 //  idea
 //  `kotlin-dsl`
 //  kotlin("jvm") //version  "1.7.20" // embeddedKotlinVersion
-  kotlin("plugin.serialization") version  embeddedKotlinVersion
+//  kotlin("plugin.serialization") // version  embeddedKotlinVersion
 //  kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "1.7.20"
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/factorio-gradle/build.gradle.kts b/gradle-plugins/factorio-gradle/build.gradle.kts
index 9c5d55e..6b19f3b 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/factorio-gradle/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle-plugins/factorio-gradle/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
   id("kafkatorio.conventions.kotlin-dsl")
-  kotlin("plugin.serialization") version embeddedKotlinVersion
+  id("kafkatorio.conventions.kotlin-serialization")
 }
 
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
 }
 
 
-overrideKotlinLanguageVersion("1.6")
+overrideKotlinLanguageVersion("1.7")
 
 //val gradleKotlinTarget = "1.7"
 //
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@ overrideKotlinLanguageVersion("1.6")
 //    }
 //  }
 //}
+
+
+tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
+  kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs += listOf(
+    "-opt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn",
+    "-opt-in=kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi",
+    "-opt-in=kotlin.time.ExperimentalTime",
+    "-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi",
+  )
+}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/build.gradle.kts b/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/build.gradle.kts
index a6e6a32..10e849f 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ dependencies {
   // get polluted and messy.
 
   implementation("org.gradle.kotlin:gradle-kotlin-dsl-plugins:$expectedKotlinDslPluginsVersion")
-//  implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${embeddedKotlinVersion}")
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${libs.versions.kotlin.get()}")
+
+  implementation(platform(libs.kotlin.bom))
+  implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization")
+
+  implementation(platform(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.bom))
 }
 
 kotlin {
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/src/main/kotlin/kafkatorio/conventions/kotlin-serialization.gradle.kts b/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/src/main/kotlin/kafkatorio/conventions/kotlin-serialization.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad386e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/settings-plugins/src/main/kotlin/kafkatorio/conventions/kotlin-serialization.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package kafkatorio.conventions
+
+plugins {
+  kotlin("plugin.serialization")
+}
+
+// No config required or available. This convention plugin is only required because Gradle gets
+// confused about the version.