diff --git a/build-conventions/build.gradle b/build-conventions/build.gradle
index cce33d4699570..f540e7680fbfa 100644
--- a/build-conventions/build.gradle
+++ b/build-conventions/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
     api 'gradle.plugin.com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:7.0.0'
     api 'org.apache.rat:apache-rat:0.11'
     compileOnly "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.42"
-    api('com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:5.16.0') {
+    api('com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:6.0.0') {
       exclude module: "groovy-xml"
     }
 }
diff --git a/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/precommit/FormattingPrecommitPlugin.java b/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/precommit/FormattingPrecommitPlugin.java
index 3bff5bcdf67e0..f106ad01b5212 100644
--- a/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/precommit/FormattingPrecommitPlugin.java
+++ b/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/precommit/FormattingPrecommitPlugin.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
             project.getPlugins().apply(PrecommitTaskPlugin.class);
             project.getPlugins().apply(SpotlessPlugin.class);
 
+            // Spotless resolves required dependencies from project repositories, so we need maven central
+            project.getRepositories().mavenCentral();
+
             project.getExtensions().getByType(SpotlessExtension.class).java(java -> {
                 String importOrderPath = "build-conventions/elastic.importorder";
                 String formatterConfigPath = "build-conventions/formatterConfig.xml";