diff --git a/script/tool/lib/src/gradle_check_command.dart b/script/tool/lib/src/gradle_check_command.dart
index a4657560d3f4..2411a59b87a1 100644
--- a/script/tool/lib/src/gradle_check_command.dart
+++ b/script/tool/lib/src/gradle_check_command.dart
@@ -203,17 +203,30 @@ class GradleCheckCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
   @visibleForTesting
   static String exampleRootSettingsArtifactHubString = '''
 // See $artifactHubDocumentationString for more info.
-buildscript {
-  repositories {
-    maven {
-      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+pluginManagement {
+    def flutterSdkPath = {
+        def properties = new Properties()
+        file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+        def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
+        assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
+        return flutterSdkPath
+    }()
+
+    includeBuild("\$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
+
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
     }
-  }
-  dependencies {
-    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.google.cloud.artifactregistry:artifactregistry-gradle-plugin:2.2.1"
-  }
 }
-apply plugin: "com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin"
+
+plugins {
+    id "com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin" version "2.2.1"
+}
+
+include ":app"
+
 ''';
 
   /// Validates that [gradleLines] reads and uses a artifiact hub repository
@@ -224,27 +237,21 @@ apply plugin: "com.google.cloud.artifactregistry.gradle-plugin"
       RepositoryPackage example, List<String> gradleLines) {
     final RegExp documentationPresentRegex = RegExp(
         r'github\.com.*flutter.*blob.*Plugins-and-Packages-repository-structure.*gradle-structure');
-    final RegExp artifactRegistryDefinitionRegex = RegExp(
-        r'classpath.*gradle\.plugin\.com\.google\.cloud\.artifactregistry:artifactregistry-gradle-plugin');
     final RegExp artifactRegistryPluginApplyRegex = RegExp(
-        r'apply.*plugin.*com\.google\.cloud\.artifactregistry\.gradle-plugin');
+        r'id.*com\.google\.cloud\.artifactregistry\.gradle-plugin.*version.*\b\d+\.\d+\.\d+\b');
 
     final bool documentationPresent = gradleLines
         .any((String line) => documentationPresentRegex.hasMatch(line));
-    final bool artifactRegistryDefined = gradleLines
-        .any((String line) => artifactRegistryDefinitionRegex.hasMatch(line));
     final bool artifactRegistryPluginApplied = gradleLines
         .any((String line) => artifactRegistryPluginApplyRegex.hasMatch(line));
 
     if (!(documentationPresent &&
-        artifactRegistryDefined &&
         artifactRegistryPluginApplied)) {
       printError('Failed Artifact Hub validation. Include the following in '
           'example root settings.gradle:\n$exampleRootSettingsArtifactHubString');
     }
 
     return documentationPresent &&
-        artifactRegistryDefined &&
         artifactRegistryPluginApplied;
   }