diff --git a/android-interop-testing/build.gradle b/android-interop-testing/build.gradle
index 9b3b021afce..1d39aee1750 100644
--- a/android-interop-testing/build.gradle
+++ b/android-interop-testing/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ description = 'gRPC: Android Integration Testing'
 
 repositories {
     google()
-    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 3b3bfa59b96..3c717da18a3 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ android {
 
 repositories {
     google()
-    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/binder/build.gradle b/binder/build.gradle
index e18361e08b3..3390e02fce7 100644
--- a/binder/build.gradle
+++ b/binder/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ android {
 
 repositories {
     google()
-    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 52ca19ab4ba..39d2b6ad289 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -25,9 +25,24 @@ subprojects {
 
     repositories {
         maven { // The google mirror is less flaky than mavenCentral()
-            url "https://maven-central.storage-download.googleapis.com/maven2/" }
-        mavenCentral()
-        mavenLocal()
+            url "https://maven-central.storage-download.googleapis.com/maven2/"
+            metadataSources {
+                mavenPom()
+                ignoreGradleMetadataRedirection()
+            }
+        }
+        mavenCentral() {
+            metadataSources {
+                mavenPom()
+                ignoreGradleMetadataRedirection()
+            }
+        }
+        mavenLocal() {
+            metadataSources {
+                mavenPom()
+                ignoreGradleMetadataRedirection()
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
diff --git a/cronet/build.gradle b/cronet/build.gradle
index 3252a9d249b..1a327f9f966 100644
--- a/cronet/build.gradle
+++ b/cronet/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ description = "gRPC: Cronet Android"
 
 repositories {
     google()
-    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 4d871239cc2..43ec3368b76 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jetty-servlet10 = "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:10.0.20"
 jsr305 = "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2"
 junit = "junit:junit:4.13.2"
 # 2.17+ require Java 11+ (not mentioned in release notes)
-lincheck = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:lincheck:2.16"
+lincheck = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:lincheck-jvm:2.16"
 # Update notes / 2023-07-19 sergiitk:
 #    Couldn't update to 5.4.0, updated to the last in 4.x line. Version 5.x breaks some tests.
 #    Error log: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/pull/10359#issuecomment-1632834435