diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index fe3b3a4..46f4e65 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -93,8 +93,12 @@ subprojects {
     signing {
         val signingKeyRaw = System.getenv("NEW_SIGNING_KEY_ID_BASE64")
         if (signingKeyRaw == null) error("ERROR: No Signing Key Found")
-        // Seems like the right way was to have newlines after all but not the
-        // BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK as part of the key.
+        // Seems like the right way was to have newlines after all the exported (ascii armored) lines
+        // and you can put them into the github-var with newlines but if you
+        // include the "-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----" and "-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----"
+        // parts with that then errors happen. Have a look at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/15718 for more detail
+        // Ultimately however `iurysza` is only partially correct and they key-itself does not need to be escaped
+        // and can be put into a github-var with newlines.
         val signingKey = "-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n\n${signingKeyRaw}\n-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----"
         useInMemoryPgpKeys(
             System.getenv("NEW_SIGNING_KEY_ID_BASE64_ID"),
@@ -107,4 +111,20 @@ subprojects {
     tasks.withType<Sign> {
         onlyIf { !project.hasProperty("nosign") }
     }
+
+    // Fix for Kotlin issue: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-61313
+    tasks.withType<Sign>().configureEach {
+        val pubName = name.removePrefix("sign").removeSuffix("Publication")
+
+        // These tasks only exist for native targets, hence findByName() to avoid trying to find them for other targets
+
+        // Task ':linkDebugTest<platform>' uses this output of task ':sign<platform>Publication' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency
+        tasks.findByName("linkDebugTest$pubName")?.let {
+            mustRunAfter(it)
+        }
+        // Task ':compileTestKotlin<platform>' uses this output of task ':sign<platform>Publication' without declaring an explicit or implicit dependency
+        tasks.findByName("compileTestKotlin$pubName")?.let {
+            mustRunAfter(it)
+        }
+    }
 }
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