Changing the Searched Location for google-services.json using complex flavour tree

I know this has been asked already, but the problem persists for any version of com.google.gms:google-services above 4.2.0: the searched location for my google-services.json file is no longer taking the flavour arborescence into consideration.

it only reads:

File google-services.json is missing. The Google Services Plugin cannot function without it.

Searched Location: ~/app/google-services.json

instead of ~/app/src/TopflavorSubflavor/release/google-services.json

I have tried multiple permutations between the release folder and the flavor folder, even including Release in the flavor name, but nothing helps.

The official docs states it should work and that's why I am looking for something more than a workaround like creating the file in the /app/ folder at build time.

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