Gradle 6 settings.gradle.kts properties problem

The reason for it is mentioned in the Grade 6 upgrade notes :

The pluginManagement block in settings scripts is now isolated

Previously, any pluginManagement {} blocks inside a settings script were executed during the normal execution of the script.

Now, they are executed earlier in a similar manner to buildscript {} or plugins {}. This means that code inside such a block cannot reference anything declared elsewhere in the script.

This change has been made so that pluginManagement configuration can also be applied when resolving plugins for the settings script itself.