diff --git a/dependencies/extension-api/build.gradle b/dependencies/extension-api/build.gradle
index 27c543144..6c6f8e05d 100644
--- a/dependencies/extension-api/build.gradle
+++ b/dependencies/extension-api/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 buildscript {
 	repositories {
-		mavenCentral()
+		maven {
+			url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"
+		}
 	}
 	
 	dependencies {
diff --git a/templates/android/template/build.gradle b/templates/android/template/build.gradle
index 338ef7465..702485a51 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/android/template/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 buildscript {
 	repositories {
-		jcenter()
+		jcenter {
+			url "http://jcenter.bintray.com/"
+		}
 	}
 	dependencies {
 		classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
@@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
 	repositories {
-		jcenter()
+		jcenter {
+			url "http://jcenter.bintray.com/"
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 configure(subprojects.findAll {!it.file('build.gradle').exists() && it.file('build.xml').exists()}) {
 	buildscript {
 		repositories {
-			mavenCentral()
+			maven {
+				url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"
+			}
 		}
 		
 		dependencies {
diff --git a/templates/android/template/gradle.properties b/templates/android/template/gradle.properties
index fbd37547a..b593d1c07 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/gradle.properties
+++ b/templates/android/template/gradle.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ VERSION_CODE=::META_BUILD_NUMBER::
 ANDROID_BUILD_TARGET_SDK_VERSION=::ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION::
 ANDROID_BUILD_MIN_SDK_VERSION=::ANDROID_MINIMUM_SDK_VERSION::
 ANDROID_BUILD_SDK_VERSION=::ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION::
-ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=23.0.3
+ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=24.0.1
 
 ::if KEY_STORE::
 KEY_STORE=::KEY_STORE::
diff --git a/templates/android/template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/templates/android/template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 21248b2ff..a27a85c18 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/templates/android/template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-::ANDROID_GRADLE_VERSION::-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-::ANDROID_GRADLE_VERSION::-bin.zip
diff --git a/templates/extension/dependencies/android/build.gradle b/templates/extension/dependencies/android/build.gradle
index e91a9af8d..e91e4ae42 100644
--- a/templates/extension/dependencies/android/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/extension/dependencies/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 buildscript {
 	repositories {
-		mavenCentral()
+		maven {
+			url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"
+		}
 	}
 	
 	dependencies {