Named arguments dependency notation should be replaced by the GAV string notation

Detects usage of named arguments notation for dependencies when the GAV string notation could be used instead and offers a quick-fix to convert to it.

Example:

dependencies {
  implementation(group = "org.gradle.api", name = "gradle", version = "1.0") // reports the argument list
}

dependencies {
  implementation("org.gradle.api:gradle:1.0")
}

Best practice described here.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

AvoidDependencyNamedArgumentsNotation

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Gradle | Best practices

Inspection ID: AvoidDependencyNamedArgumentsNotation

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection AvoidDependencyNamedArgumentsNotation

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1, Qodana for JVM 2026.1,

Last modified: 31 March 2026