diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionReferencesPlugin.java b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionReferencesPlugin.java
index ca6189e22e357..b999c105f3767 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionReferencesPlugin.java
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionReferencesPlugin.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.ProjectSubscribeServicePlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.conventions.precommit.PrecommitPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.conventions.precommit.PrecommitTaskPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.util.GradleUtils;
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ public class TransportVersionReferencesPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     @Override
     public void apply(Project project) {
         project.getPluginManager().apply(LifecycleBasePlugin.class);
+        project.getPluginManager().apply(PrecommitTaskPlugin.class);
 
         project.getPlugins()
             .apply(ProjectSubscribeServicePlugin.class)
@@ -50,6 +53,6 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
                 t.setDescription("Validates that all TransportVersion references used in the project have an associated definition file");
                 t.getReferencesFile().set(collectTask.get().getOutputFile());
             });
-        project.getTasks().named(LifecycleBasePlugin.CHECK_TASK_NAME).configure(t -> t.dependsOn(validateTask));
+        project.getTasks().named(PrecommitPlugin.PRECOMMIT_TASK_NAME).configure(t -> t.dependsOn(validateTask));
     }
 }
diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionResourcesPlugin.java b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionResourcesPlugin.java
index 899c3ba0ddc0d..340d72da28891 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionResourcesPlugin.java
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionResourcesPlugin.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.ProjectSubscribeServicePlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.conventions.VersionPropertiesPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.conventions.precommit.PrecommitPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.conventions.precommit.PrecommitTaskPlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.file.Directory;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ public class TransportVersionResourcesPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     public void apply(Project project) {
         project.getPluginManager().apply(LifecycleBasePlugin.class);
         project.getPluginManager().apply(VersionPropertiesPlugin.class);
+        project.getPluginManager().apply(PrecommitTaskPlugin.class);
         var psService = project.getPlugins().apply(ProjectSubscribeServicePlugin.class).getService();
 
         Properties versions = (Properties) project.getExtensions().getByName(VersionPropertiesPlugin.VERSIONS_EXT);
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
                 t.getShouldValidateDensity().convention(true);
                 t.getShouldValidatePrimaryIdNotPatch().convention(true);
             });
-        project.getTasks().named(LifecycleBasePlugin.CHECK_TASK_NAME).configure(t -> t.dependsOn(validateTask));
+        project.getTasks().named(PrecommitPlugin.PRECOMMIT_TASK_NAME).configure(t -> t.dependsOn(validateTask));
 
         var generateManifestTask = project.getTasks()
             .register("generateTransportVersionManifest", GenerateTransportVersionManifestTask.class, t -> {