diff --git a/aot-smoke-test-support/build.gradle b/aot-smoke-test-support/build.gradle
index 17af88a5..35fa8f90 100644
--- a/aot-smoke-test-support/build.gradle
+++ b/aot-smoke-test-support/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,17 @@ repositories {
 			includeGroupByRegex("org.springframework.*")
 		}
 	}
-	mavenCentral()
+	maven {
+		name "Maven Central Mirror"
+		url "https://repo.spring.io/repo1"
+		credentials {
+			username System.env['REPO_SPRING_IO_USERNAME']
+			password System.env['REPO_SPRING_IO_PASSWORD']
+		}
+		mavenContent {
+			releasesOnly()
+		}
+	}
 	maven {
 		url "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot"
 		mavenContent {
diff --git a/aot-smoke-test-third-party-hints/build.gradle b/aot-smoke-test-third-party-hints/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index a25792a0..00000000
--- a/aot-smoke-test-third-party-hints/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-	id "java"
-	id "io.spring.javaformat"
-	id "org.springframework.boot" apply false
-}
-
-repositories {
-	mavenCentral()
-	maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
-	maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot" }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	implementation(enforcedPlatform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
-	implementation("org.springframework:spring-core")
-}
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/build.gradle b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/build.gradle
index b2225e22..4dd3f504 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,17 @@ repositories {
 			includeGroupByRegex("org.springframework.*")
 		}
 	}
-	mavenCentral()
+	maven {
+		name "Maven Central Mirror"
+		url "https://repo.spring.io/repo1"
+		credentials {
+			username System.env['REPO_SPRING_IO_USERNAME']
+			password System.env['REPO_SPRING_IO_PASSWORD']
+		}
+		mavenContent {
+			releasesOnly()
+		}
+	}
 	maven {
 		url "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot"
 		mavenContent {
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/settings.gradle b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/settings.gradle
index 5a672a3e..8915ba8c 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/settings.gradle
+++ b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/settings.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ pluginManagement {
 		id "io.spring.javaformat" version gradle.extensions.extraProperties.get("javaFormatVersion")
 	}
 	repositories {
-		mavenCentral()
+		maven {
+			name "Maven Central Mirror"
+			url "https://repo.spring.io/repo1"
+			credentials {
+				username System.env['REPO_SPRING_IO_USERNAME']
+				password System.env['REPO_SPRING_IO_PASSWORD']
+			}
+			mavenContent {
+				releasesOnly()
+			}
+		}
 		gradlePluginPortal()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java
index 5868f1c4..f6b7ac7a 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java
+++ b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java
@@ -131,7 +131,15 @@ public class AotSmokeTestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 				mavenContent.includeGroupByRegex("org.springframework.*");
 			});
 		});
-		project.getRepositories().mavenCentral();
+		project.getRepositories().maven((repo) -> {
+			repo.setName("Maven Central Mirror");
+			repo.setUrl("https://repo.spring.io/artifactory/repo1");
+			repo.credentials((credentials) -> {
+				credentials.setUsername(System.getenv().get("REPO_SPRING_IO_USERNAME"));
+				credentials.setPassword(System.getenv().get("REPO_SPRING_IO_PASSWORD"));
+			});
+			repo.mavenContent((mavenContent) -> mavenContent.releasesOnly());
+		});
 		project.getRepositories().maven((repo) -> {
 			repo.setName("Spring Snapshot");
 			repo.setUrl("https://repo.spring.io/snapshot");
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 4a40d0b7..479936c6 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ plugins {
 rootProject.name="spring-aot-smoke-tests"
 
 include "aot-smoke-test-support"
-include "aot-smoke-test-third-party-hints"
 
 ["batch", "boot", "cloud", "data", "framework", "graphql", "integration", "security", "session"].each { group ->
 	file(group).eachDirMatch(~/[a-z].*/) { smokeTest ->