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No, there isn't. I usually do it within

pluginManagement { ... }

as that is the very first thing executed and should even work if you apply a settings plugin that needs newer Java. And it is a one-liner (or three-liner depending on formatting), for example

check(JavaVersion.current().isJava11Compatible) { "Java 11 is needed to run this build" }

Thanks. That is a bit better than my first attempt.