diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index cadfe73422..ae5573c6bb 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ include 'statsnode'
 include 'apitest'
 include 'platform'
 include 'code-coverage-report'
+include 'updater'
+
 includeBuild 'bitcoind'
 
 rootProject.name = 'bisq'
diff --git a/updater/build.gradle b/updater/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94b783bbe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'java-library'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation enforcedPlatform(project(':platform'))
+    annotationProcessor libs.lombok
+    compileOnly libs.lombok
+    implementation libs.logback.classic
+    implementation libs.logback.core
+}