diff --git a/build-logic/settings.gradle.kts b/build-logic/settings.gradle.kts
index c218e2cd34c..6d1ceec50bb 100644
--- a/build-logic/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ pluginManagement {
       }
     }
     gradlePluginPortal()
-    mavenCentral()
+    // TODO: temporary fix for Maven Central rate limiting
+    if (!settings.extra.has("mavenRepositoryProxy")) {
+      mavenCentral()
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +36,10 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
       }
     }
     gradlePluginPortal()
-    mavenCentral()
+    // TODO: temporary fix for Maven Central rate limiting
+    if (!settings.extra.has("mavenRepositoryProxy")) {
+      mavenCentral()
+    }
     // Hosts gradle-tooling-api; used by the smoke-test plugin to run nested Gradle builds
     // pinned to older Gradle versions.
     maven {
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 14e988af3fe..3ce6557b8e2 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ pluginManagement {
       }
     }
     gradlePluginPortal()
-    mavenCentral()
+    // TODO: temporary fix for Maven Central rate limiting
+    if (!settings.extra.has("mavenRepositoryProxy")) {
+      mavenCentral()
+    }
     // Hosts gradle-tooling-api, a transitive dep of the build-logic:smoke-test plugin used
     // to run nested Gradle builds for smoke-test applications pinned to older Gradle versions.
     maven {