diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c71477562..70e550cce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Updated gradle plugin version to re-enable running `./gradlew verifyPlugin` locally. (#8847)
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 644b929a5..992f124b9 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ plugins {
   // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jetbrains.intellij.platform
   // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm
   id("java") // Java support
-  id("org.jetbrains.intellij.platform") version "2.10.5" // IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin
+  id("org.jetbrains.intellij.platform") version "2.12.0" // IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin
   id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "2.2.0" // Kotlin support
   id("org.jetbrains.changelog") version "2.2.0" // Gradle Changelog Plugin
   id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") version "0.9.4"