diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a47e408..7f82be8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ buildscript {
     COMPILE_SDK_VERSION: 31,
     TARGET_SDK_VERSION : 32,
     JUNIT_VERSION      : "4.12"
+  ]
+
+  ext {
     //version=YYYYMMVVRR (Either "VV" for stable version OR "RR" for pre-release candidate (e.g. 0001 for rc1))
     versionCode=2023030100
     versionName="2023.3"
-  ]
+  }
 
   ext.deps = [
     "annotations"         : "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0",