diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1a7b953b16..46905b5125 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ subprojects { subProject ->
 		configurations {
 			all*.exclude group: 'xml-apis', module: 'xml-apis'
 		}
-		animalSniffer
+		animalSnifferSignature
 		javaApiSignature
 	}
 
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ subprojects { subProject ->
 		jaxb( libraries.jaxb2_jaxb )
 		jaxb( libraries.jaxb2_jaxb_xjc )
 
+		animalSnifferSignature( libraries.java16_signature )
 		javaApiSignature ( libraries.java16_signature )
 	}
 
@@ -338,8 +339,9 @@ subprojects { subProject ->
 
 	if ( subProject.name != 'hibernate-java8' ) {
 		apply plugin: org.hibernate.build.animalsniffer.AnimalSnifferPlugin
-		animalsniffer {
-			signature = "org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java16:+@signature"
+
+		animalSniffer {
+			skip = true;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/hibernate/build/animalsniffer/AnimalSnifferPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/hibernate/build/animalsniffer/AnimalSnifferPlugin.groovy
index 31f8b044b8..e6ce2c640c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/hibernate/build/animalsniffer/AnimalSnifferPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/hibernate/build/animalsniffer/AnimalSnifferPlugin.groovy
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class AnimalSnifferPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
 	@Override
 	void apply(Project project) {
-		project.configurations.maybeCreate( "signature" )
-		final AnimalSnifferExtension extension = project.extensions.create( "animalsniffer", AnimalSnifferExtension )
+		project.configurations.maybeCreate( "animalSnifferSignature" )
+		final AnimalSnifferExtension extension = project.extensions.create( "animalSniffer", AnimalSnifferExtension )
 
 		project.tasks.findByName( JavaPlugin.CLASSES_TASK_NAME ).doLast(
 				new Action<Task>() {
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ class AnimalSnifferPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 						}
 
 						def logger = new GradleLogger( logger )
-						def signatures = project.configurations.signature.resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts*.file
+						def signatures = project.configurations.animalSnifferSignature.resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts*.file
 						signatures.each {
+							task.logger.lifecycle( "Starting AnimalSniffer checks against [${it.name}]" )
 							SignatureChecker signatureChecker = new SignatureChecker(
 									it.newInputStream(),
 									Collections.emptySet(),