diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 040b48256..fb61cdd27 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ allprojects {
 	group = 'org.springframework.batch'
 
 	repositories {
+		maven { url 'https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/' } // TODO to remove when kafka-clients 2.6.0 is promoted to central
 		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot' }
 		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone' }
 		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release' }