diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/Repositories.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/Repositories.groovy
index 1ae90eb08c2b..58ec64a0add3 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/Repositories.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/Repositories.groovy
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class Repositories {
       mavenCentral()
       mavenLocal()
 
+      // For Confluent Kafka dependencies
+      maven {
+        url "https://packages.confluent.io/maven/"
+        content { includeGroup "io.confluent" }
+      }
+
       // Release staging repository
       maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/staging/" }
 
@@ -52,12 +58,6 @@ class Repositories {
 
       // Apache release snapshots
       maven { url "https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases" }
-
-      // For Confluent Kafka dependencies
-      maven {
-        url "https://packages.confluent.io/maven/"
-        content { includeGroup "io.confluent" }
-      }
     }
 
     // Apply a plugin which provides the 'updateOfflineRepository' task that creates an offline