diff --git a/java-spring/build.gradle b/java-spring/build.gradle
index 8e5161c..611d01c 100644
--- a/java-spring/build.gradle
+++ b/java-spring/build.gradle
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ subprojects {
 
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
+        jcenter()
         eventuateMavenRepoUrl.split(',').each { repoUrl -> maven { url repoUrl } }
     }
 }
diff --git a/java-spring/gradle.properties b/java-spring/gradle.properties
index cfce9bf..1135d71 100644
--- a/java-spring/gradle.properties
+++ b/java-spring/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxPermSize=512m
 
-eventuateMavenRepoUrl=http://mavenrepo.eventuate.io/release
+eventuateMavenRepoUrl=
 
 springBootVersion=1.3.5.RELEASE