diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/VersionsAndDependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/VersionsAndDependencies.kt
index 7df9fcf..8da7a50 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/VersionsAndDependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/VersionsAndDependencies.kt
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ object DependencyVersions {
     val binaryCompatibilityValidator = "0.16.3"
 }
 
-val alignedPluginVersion = "0.8.0-SNAPSHOT"
+val alignedPluginVersion = "0.9.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 // "x.y.z" indicates the version of the way of organizing the code,
 // and the date indicates the version when the dependency versions are updated.
 val commonGradleDependenciesVersion = "0.9.0-20241203-SNAPSHOT"
 
 // This is the source dependency version. There is another build source dependency in "buildSrc/build.gradle.kts".
-val pluginProjectSourceDependentStableCommonGradleDependenciesVersion = "0.8.0-20241016".apply {
-    require(!endsWith("SNAPSHOT"))
+val pluginProjectSourceDependentStableCommonGradleDependenciesVersion = "0.9.0-20241203-SNAPSHOT".apply {
+    //require(!endsWith("SNAPSHOT")) // TODO comment this out when debugging and testing snapshots
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/conventions.gradle.kts
index d7a893e..a830671 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 repositories {
-    //mavenLocal() // comment out when not needed
+    mavenLocal() // TODO comment out when not needed
     gradlePluginPortal()
 }