It is annoying to update NBT-API every time for each MC version, and I don't know why NBT-API was not included inside plugin until then, but for convenience, I suggest changing compilation method of NBT-API to implementation and shading it in ST plugin jar file.
If the reason for installing NBT-API separately is because of the capacity of file, ST is now completely free, so can connect to an external download link in SpigotMC. It can be connect to github releases etc.
or switch to Paper-plugin with PaperMC and use PluginLoader to access and download Maven repositories internally.