diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 56d8ad903f..012be1bc6a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ windowsProteomicsBinariesVersion=1.0
 # The current version numbers for the gradle plugins.
 artifactoryPluginVersion=5.2.5
 gradleNodePluginVersion=7.1.0
-gradlePluginsVersion=5.0.0
+gradlePluginsVersion=5.1.0-npmSetupUpdates-SNAPSHOT
 owaspDependencyCheckPluginVersion=11.0.0
 versioningPluginVersion=1.1.2
 
diff --git a/server/build.gradle b/server/build.gradle
index 8496ae9704..9350118ed6 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle
+++ b/server/build.gradle
@@ -228,12 +228,4 @@ else
     }
 }
 
-// We add this configuration here so we have a single location to link to for the npm and node executables.
-// Each project that requires node will have its own downloaded version of node and npm, but for the symlinkNode
-// task we need a single location, and one that works even when not building from source (Issue 35207)
-project.node {
-    workDir = BuildUtils.getRootBuildDirFile(project, ".node")
-    npmWorkDir = BuildUtils.getRootBuildDirFile(project, ".node")
-    yarnWorkDir = BuildUtils.getRootBuildDirFile(project, ".node")
-}
 project.tasks.named('deployApp').configure { dependsOn(project.tasks.npmSetup) }
diff --git a/server/minification/build.gradle b/server/minification/build.gradle
index 14c3cd7e2d..18867dc61b 100644
--- a/server/minification/build.gradle
+++ b/server/minification/build.gradle
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+
 apply plugin: 'org.labkey.build.npmRun'
+
+project.node {
+    download = true
+    workDir = project.file(".gradle/nodejs")
+    npmWorkDir = project.file(".gradle/npm")
+}