Apply plugin in weird place

Author: runningcode

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ groovyGradlePlugin = { id = "dev.gradleplugins.groovy-gradle-plugin", version =
 shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version = "7.1.2" }
 # do not upgrade `mavenPublish` to 0.18.0, it does not generate the pom-default.xml and module.json under
 # build/publications/maven
-mavenPublish = { id = "com.vanniktech.maven.publish", version = "0.21.0" }
+mavenPublish = { id = "com.vanniktech.maven.publish", version = "0.27.0" }
 androidApplication = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }
 androidLibrary = { id = "com.android.library", version.ref = "agp" }
 buildConfig = { id = "com.github.gmazzo.buildconfig", version = "4.2.0" }

plugin-build/build.gradle.kts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ plugins {
   id("distribution")
   alias(libs.plugins.dokka)
   id("java-gradle-plugin")
-  alias(libs.plugins.mavenPublish)
+  alias(libs.plugins.mavenPublish) apply false
   alias(libs.plugins.spotless)
   // we need this plugin in order to include .aar dependencies into a pure java project, which the
   // gradle plugin is
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ distributions {
   }
 }
 
+apply { plugin("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") }
+
 tasks.named("distZip") {
   dependsOn("publishToMavenLocal")
   onlyIf { inputs.sourceFiles.isEmpty.not().also { require(it) { "No distribution to zip." } } }