diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 364209e..ed21506 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=io.ballerina
-version=2.1.9-SNAPSHOT
+version=2.2.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy
index c45525c..a017fc8 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class BallerinaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         def graalvmFlag = ''
         def buildOnDocker = false
         def ballerinaDockerTag = ''
-        def distributionBinPath = project.projectDir.absolutePath + "/build/jballerina-tools-${ballerinaExtension.langVersion}/bin"
+        def distributionBinPath = ''
 
         if (project.version.matches(project.ext.timestampedVersionRegex)) {
             def splitVersion = project.version.split('-')
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ class BallerinaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 println("[Warning] disabled code coverage: running GraalVM tests")
                 graalvmFlag = '--graalvm'
             }
+            if (!ballerinaExtension.isConnector) {
+                distributionBinPath = project.projectDir.absolutePath + "/build/jballerina-tools-${ballerinaExtension.langVersion}/bin"
+            }
 
             project.gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { graph ->
                 if (!(project.hasProperty('disable') || project.hasProperty('groups')) &&