diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt
index aedd296d40eea5..2a2f242c31ca26 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ internal object DependencyUtils {
       with(eachProject) {
         if (hasProperty(INTERNAL_REACT_NATIVE_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO)) {
           val mavenLocalRepoPath = property(INTERNAL_REACT_NATIVE_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO) as String
-          mavenRepoFromURI(File(mavenLocalRepoPath).toURI())
+          mavenRepoFromURI(File(mavenLocalRepoPath).toURI()) { repo ->
+            repo.content { it.excludeGroup("org.webkit") }
+          }
         }
         // We add the snapshot for users on nightlies.
-        mavenRepoFromUrl("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
+        mavenRepoFromUrl("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/") { repo ->
+          repo.content { it.excludeGroup("org.webkit") }
+        }
         repositories.mavenCentral { repo ->
           // We don't want to fetch JSC from Maven Central as there are older versions there.
-          repo.content { it.excludeModule("org.webkit", "android-jsc") }
+          repo.content { it.excludeGroup("org.webkit") }
 
           // If the user provided a react.internal.mavenLocalRepo, do not attempt to load
           // anything from Maven Central that is react related.
@@ -44,9 +48,23 @@ internal object DependencyUtils {
           }
         }
         // Android JSC is installed from npm
-        mavenRepoFromURI(File(reactNativeDir, "../jsc-android/dist").toURI())
-        repositories.google()
-        mavenRepoFromUrl("https://www.jitpack.io")
+        mavenRepoFromURI(File(reactNativeDir, "../jsc-android/dist").toURI()) { repo ->
+          repo.content { it.includeGroup("org.webkit") }
+        }
+        repositories.google { repo ->
+          repo.content {
+            // We don't want to fetch JSC or React from Google
+            it.excludeGroup("org.webkit")
+            it.excludeGroup("com.facebook.react")
+          }
+        }
+        mavenRepoFromUrl("https://www.jitpack.io") { repo ->
+          repo.content {
+            // We don't want to fetch JSC or React from JitPack
+            it.excludeGroup("org.webkit")
+            it.excludeGroup("com.facebook.react")
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -134,9 +152,21 @@ internal object DependencyUtils {
     return Pair(versionString, groupString)
   }
 
-  fun Project.mavenRepoFromUrl(url: String): MavenArtifactRepository =
-      project.repositories.maven { it.url = URI.create(url) }
+  fun Project.mavenRepoFromUrl(
+      url: String,
+      action: (MavenArtifactRepository) -> Unit = {}
+  ): MavenArtifactRepository =
+      project.repositories.maven {
+        it.url = URI.create(url)
+        action(it)
+      }
 
-  fun Project.mavenRepoFromURI(uri: URI): MavenArtifactRepository =
-      project.repositories.maven { it.url = uri }
+  fun Project.mavenRepoFromURI(
+      uri: URI,
+      action: (MavenArtifactRepository) -> Unit = {}
+  ): MavenArtifactRepository =
+      project.repositories.maven {
+        it.url = uri
+        action(it)
+      }
 }
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 6af90f8bf68352..bcc1b40e4bbc63 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ fun reactNativeArchitectures(): List<String> {
   return value?.toString()?.split(",") ?: listOf("armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64", "arm64-v8a")
 }
 
-repositories { maven { url = rootProject.file("node_modules/jsc-android/dist").toURI() } }
+repositories {
+  maven {
+    url = rootProject.file("node_modules/jsc-android/dist").toURI()
+    content { includeGroup("org.webkit") }
+  }
+}
 
 android {
   compileSdk = libs.versions.compileSdk.get().toInt()