diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index dbed9ecaad..dc3381aa28 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        maven { url 'https://repo.springsource.org/plugins-snapshot' }
+        maven { url 'http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-snapshot' }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'org.springframework.build.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.1.2-SNAPSHOT'