diff --git a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy
index b97dccc8d16b13d53aef59c7523f123aa201eb38..8a6aba7e29d113ef3a4aedd15d434d2bc9e7e98b 100644
--- a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy
+++ b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class RosPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             maven {
                 url 'https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_mvn_repo/raw/master'
             }
+            mavenCentral()
         }
     }
 }