diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 0d324861..92cb275e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ fun getVersionNumber() : String {
   val build = System.getenv("BUILD_NUMBER") ?: 3
 
 
-  val branchName = System.getenv("BRANCH_NAME")  ?: "undefined"
+  // Branch names like "fix/foo" would otherwise put a path separator into the distribution zip's file name
+  val branchName = (System.getenv("BRANCH_NAME")  ?: "undefined").replace(Regex("[^A-Za-z0-9._-]"), "-")
 
   if (branchName.matches(Regex("""[0-9]{3}\.x"""))) {
     return "${major}.${minor}.${build}"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ fun getVersionNumber() : String {
 
 plugins {
   id("java")
-  id("org.jetbrains.intellij.platform") version "2.18.1"
+  id("org.jetbrains.intellij.platform") version "2.19.0"
   id("org.jetbrains.grammarkit") version "2023.3.0.4"
   id("checkstyle")
   id("com.avast.gradle.docker-compose") version "0.17.21"
@@ -404,5 +405,5 @@ tasks.register<org.jetbrains.intellij.platform.gradle.tasks.PublishPluginTask>("
   host.set("https://plugins.jetbrains.com")
 
   // Set the distribution file in gradle build to the archive file of the buildPlugin task
-  archiveFile.set(project.file("build/distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}.zip"))
+  archiveFiles.from(project.file("build/distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}.zip"))
 }
diff --git a/ci/release-branch-automation.Jenkinsfile b/ci/release-branch-automation.Jenkinsfile
index 84a43f96..8b3cfcf2 100644
--- a/ci/release-branch-automation.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release-branch-automation.Jenkinsfile
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ pipeline {
                   echo \$BRANCH_NAME | sed -E "s/([0-9][0-9])([0-9]).x/intellijVersion=20\\1.\\2/" >> systemdUnitFilePlugin/gradle.properties
                   echo \$BRANCH_NAME | sed -E "s/([0-9][0-9])([0-9]).x/sinceVersion=\\1\\2.0/" >> systemdUnitFilePlugin/gradle.properties
                   echo \$BRANCH_NAME | sed -E "s/([0-9][0-9])([0-9]).x/pluginMajorVersion=\\1\\2/" >> systemdUnitFilePlugin/gradle.properties
+                  echo "kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=true" >> systemdUnitFilePlugin/gradle.properties
+                  echo "org.jetbrains.intellij.platform.useDefaultSandboxExclusions=false" >> systemdUnitFilePlugin/gradle.properties
 
                   git -C systemdUnitFilePlugin add gradle.properties
                   cat systemdUnitFilePlugin/gradle.properties
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5fb63245..a9682605 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ platformType=IC
 intellijVersion=2024.2
 sinceVersion=242.0
 pluginMajorVersion=242
+kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=true
+org.jetbrains.intellij.platform.useDefaultSandboxExclusions=false