# Migrating away from JCenter

DevFeed: [Migrating away from JCenter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/migrating-away-from-jcenter-28695.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2021/02/04/migratingjcenter/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [Maven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maven.md>), [Maven Central](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maven-central.md>), [Jfrog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jfrog.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [bintray](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bintray.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [jcenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jcenter.md>), [jfrog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jfrog.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [maven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maven.md>), [maven-central](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maven-central.md>), [migrate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migrate.md>), [repository](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repository.md>), [transitive-dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transitive-dependencies.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to migrating Gradle dependencies and published artifacts away from Bintray/JCenter after JFrog announced the repository shutdown. It explains replacing JCenter with Maven Central, testing clean builds, and restricting remaining dependencies to explicit repository declarations.

## Source excerpt

This week JFrog - out of nowhere - announced to completely remove their Maven repository. Since they'll pull it offline already by May 2021 (!!!) it's time to urgently migrate away.