diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 3fe120f..031eadf 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ buildscript {
     if (project == rootProject) {
         repositories {
             google()
-            mavenCentral()
             jcenter()
             mavenCentral()
         }
@@ -66,18 +65,22 @@ android {
 }
 
 repositories {
-    // ref: https://www.baeldung.com/maven-local-repository  
-    mavenCentral()
-     maven {
+    maven {
         // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
-        url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
+        url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
+    }
+    maven {
+        // Android JSC is installed from npm
+        url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
+    }
+    mavenCentral {
+        // We don't want to fetch react-native from Maven Central as there are
+        // older versions over there.
+        content {
+            excludeGroup "com.facebook.react"
+        }
     }
     google()
-    jcenter()
-     maven {
-        // Android JSC is installed from npm
-        url "$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist"
-    }
 }
 
 dependencies {