diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts
index 5577f9a6024bf..5a8d54014ac58 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import { Arn, ArnFormat, IResource, PhysicalName, Resource, Size, Token, UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from '../../core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { IFleetRef, FleetReference } from '../../interfaces/generated/aws-codebuild-interfaces.generated';
 
 /**
  * Construction properties of a CodeBuild Fleet.
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export interface ComputeConfiguration {
 /**
  * Represents a Fleet for a reserved capacity CodeBuild project.
  */
-export interface IFleet extends IResource, iam.IGrantable, ec2.IConnectable {
+export interface IFleet extends IResource, iam.IGrantable, ec2.IConnectable, IFleetRef {
   /**
    * The ARN of the fleet.
    * @attribute
@@ -230,6 +231,12 @@ export class Fleet extends Resource implements IFleet {
       public readonly fleetName = Arn.split(fleetArn, ArnFormat.SLASH_RESOURCE_NAME).resourceName!.split(':')[0];
       public readonly fleetArn = fleetArn;
 
+      public get fleetRef(): FleetReference {
+        return {
+          fleetArn: this.fleetArn,
+        };
+      }
+
       public get computeType(): FleetComputeType {
         throw new UnscopedValidationError('Cannot retrieve computeType property from an imported Fleet');
       }
@@ -270,6 +277,12 @@ export class Fleet extends Resource implements IFleet {
    */
   public readonly environmentType: EnvironmentType;
 
+  public get fleetRef(): FleetReference {
+    return {
+      fleetArn: this.fleetArn,
+    };
+  }
+
   // Lazily created connections. Only created if `vpc` is provided in props.
   private _connections?: ec2.Connections;
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts
index 5f2e975d8b585..60295915e93c2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import * as secretsmanager from '../../aws-secretsmanager';
 import { Annotations, ArnFormat, Aws, Duration, IResource, Lazy, Names, PhysicalName, Reference, Resource, SecretValue, Stack, Token, TokenComparison, Tokenization, UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from '../../core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { IProjectRef, ProjectReference } from '../../interfaces/generated/aws-codebuild-interfaces.generated';
 
 const VPC_POLICY_SYM = Symbol.for('@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild.roleVpcPolicy');
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ export interface ProjectNotifyOnOptions extends notifications.NotificationRuleOp
   readonly events: ProjectNotificationEvents[];
 }
 
-export interface IProject extends IResource, iam.IGrantable, ec2.IConnectable, notifications.INotificationRuleSource {
+export interface IProject extends IResource, iam.IGrantable, ec2.IConnectable, notifications.INotificationRuleSource, IProjectRef {
   /**
    * The ARN of this Project.
    * @attribute
@@ -265,6 +266,13 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
   /** The IAM service Role of this Project. */
   public abstract readonly role?: iam.IRole;
 
+  public get projectRef(): ProjectReference {
+    return {
+      projectName: this.projectName,
+      projectArn: this.projectArn,
+    };
+  }
+
   /**
    * Actual connections object for this Project.
    * May be unset, in which case this Project is not configured to use a VPC.
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
index 8f44a8cb48e2b..f599f08f5c4a0 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as s3 from '../../aws-s3';
 import * as cdk from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from '../../core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { IReportGroupRef, ReportGroupReference } from '../../interfaces/generated/aws-codebuild-interfaces.generated';
 
 /**
  * The interface representing the ReportGroup resource -
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import { propertyInjectable } from '../../core/lib/prop-injectable';
  * `ReportGroup.fromReportGroupName` method,
  * or a new one, created with the `ReportGroup` class.
  */
-export interface IReportGroup extends cdk.IResource {
+export interface IReportGroup extends cdk.IResource, IReportGroupRef {
   /**
    * The ARN of the ReportGroup.
    *
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ abstract class ReportGroupBase extends cdk.Resource implements IReportGroup {
   protected abstract readonly exportBucket?: s3.IBucket;
   protected abstract readonly type?: ReportGroupType;
 
+  public get reportGroupRef(): ReportGroupReference {
+    return {
+      reportGroupArn: this.reportGroupArn,
+    };
+  }
+
   public grantWrite(identity: iam.IGrantable): iam.Grant {
     const typeAction = this.type === ReportGroupType.CODE_COVERAGE ? 'codebuild:BatchPutCodeCoverages' : 'codebuild:BatchPutTestCases';
     const ret = iam.Grant.addToPrincipal({
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/codebuild.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/codebuild.ts
index c2b9a37edfe81..a44b6efe2d7ae 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/codebuild.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets/lib/codebuild.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export interface CodeBuildProjectProps extends TargetBaseProps {
  */
 export class CodeBuildProject implements events.IRuleTarget {
   constructor(
-    private readonly project: codebuild.IProject,
+    private readonly project: codebuild.IProjectRef,
     private readonly props: CodeBuildProjectProps = {},
   ) {}
 
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ export class CodeBuildProject implements events.IRuleTarget {
     const role = this.props.eventRole || singletonEventRole(this.project);
     role.addToPrincipalPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
       actions: ['codebuild:StartBuild'],
-      resources: [this.project.projectArn],
+      resources: [this.project.projectRef.projectArn],
     }));
 
     return {
       ...bindBaseTargetConfig(this.props),
-      arn: this.project.projectArn,
+      arn: this.project.projectRef.projectArn,
       role,
       input: this.props.event,
       targetResource: this.project,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-scheduler-targets/lib/codebuild-start-build.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-scheduler-targets/lib/codebuild-start-build.ts
index bb1df6bcf4846..7f1a51c7fc3e4 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-scheduler-targets/lib/codebuild-start-build.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-scheduler-targets/lib/codebuild-start-build.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ScheduleTargetBase, ScheduleTargetBaseProps } from './target';
-import { IProject } from '../../aws-codebuild';
+import { IProjectRef } from '../../aws-codebuild';
 import { IRole, PolicyStatement } from '../../aws-iam';
 import { IScheduleTarget } from '../../aws-scheduler';
 
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import { IScheduleTarget } from '../../aws-scheduler';
  */
 export class CodeBuildStartBuild extends ScheduleTargetBase implements IScheduleTarget {
   constructor(
-    private readonly project: IProject,
+    private readonly project: IProjectRef,
     props: ScheduleTargetBaseProps = {},
   ) {
-    super(props, project.projectArn);
+    super(props, project.projectRef.projectArn);
   }
 
   protected addTargetActionToRole(role: IRole): void {
     role.addToPrincipalPolicy(new PolicyStatement({
       actions: ['codebuild:StartBuild'],
-      resources: [this.project.projectArn],
+      resources: [this.project.projectRef.projectArn],
     }));
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build-batch.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build-batch.ts
index fbb17214e078f..b01befaa7a291 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build-batch.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build-batch.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface CodeBuildStartBuildBatchOptions {
   /**
    * CodeBuild project to start
    */
-  readonly project: codebuild.IProject;
+  readonly project: codebuild.IProjectRef;
 
   /**
    * A set of environment variables to be used for this build only.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuildBatch extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
       metricPrefixSingular: 'CodeBuildProject',
       metricPrefixPlural: 'CodeBuildProjects',
       metricDimensions: {
-        ProjectArn: this.props.project.projectArn,
+        ProjectArn: this.props.project.projectRef.projectArn,
       },
     };
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuildBatch extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
       case sfn.IntegrationPattern.RUN_JOB:
         policyStatements = [
           new iam.PolicyStatement({
-            resources: [this.props.project.projectArn],
+            resources: [this.props.project.projectRef.projectArn],
             actions: [
               'codebuild:StartBuildBatch',
               'codebuild:StopBuildBatch',
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuildBatch extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
       case sfn.IntegrationPattern.REQUEST_RESPONSE:
         policyStatements = [
           new iam.PolicyStatement({
-            resources: [this.props.project.projectArn],
+            resources: [this.props.project.projectRef.projectArn],
             actions: ['codebuild:StartBuildBatch'],
           }),
         ];
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuildBatch extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
     return {
       Resource: integrationResourceArn('codebuild', 'startBuildBatch', this.integrationPattern),
       ...this._renderParametersOrArguments({
-        ProjectName: this.props.project.projectName,
+        ProjectName: this.props.project.projectRef.projectName,
         EnvironmentVariablesOverride: this.props.environmentVariablesOverride
           ? this.serializeEnvVariables(this.props.environmentVariablesOverride)
           : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build.ts
index 25b2b026c70ab..a3c6406f842b3 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/codebuild/start-build.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface CodeBuildStartBuildOptions {
   /**
    * CodeBuild project to start
    */
-  readonly project: codebuild.IProject;
+  readonly project: codebuild.IProjectRef;
   /**
    * A set of environment variables to be used for this build only.
    *
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuild extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
       metricPrefixSingular: 'CodeBuildProject',
       metricPrefixPlural: 'CodeBuildProjects',
       metricDimensions: {
-        ProjectArn: this.props.project.projectArn,
+        ProjectArn: this.props.project.projectRef.projectArn,
       },
     };
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuild extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
   private configurePolicyStatements(): iam.PolicyStatement[] {
     let policyStatements = [
       new iam.PolicyStatement({
-        resources: [this.props.project.projectArn],
+        resources: [this.props.project.projectRef.projectArn],
         actions: [
           'codebuild:StartBuild',
           'codebuild:StopBuild',
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export class CodeBuildStartBuild extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
     return {
       Resource: integrationResourceArn('codebuild', 'startBuild', this.integrationPattern),
       ...this._renderParametersOrArguments({
-        ProjectName: this.props.project.projectName,
+        ProjectName: this.props.project.projectRef.projectName,
         EnvironmentVariablesOverride: this.props.environmentVariablesOverride
           ? this.serializeEnvVariables(this.props.environmentVariablesOverride)
           : undefined,