diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 85b4149915a..f38b14059dd 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -36,22 +36,26 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
-        maven {
-            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
-            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
+        exclusiveContent {
+            // We get React Native's Android binaries exclusively through npm,
+            // from a local Maven repo inside node_modules/react-native/.
+            // (The use of exclusiveContent prevents looking elsewhere like Maven Central
+            // and potentially getting a wrong version.)
+            filter {
+                includeGroup "com.facebook.react"
+            }
+            forRepository {
+                maven {
+                    url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
+                }
+            }
         }
         maven {
             // Android JSC is installed from npm
             url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
 
-        mavenCentral {
-            // We don't want to fetch react-native from Maven Central as there are
-            // older versions over there.
-            content {
-                excludeGroup "com.facebook.react"
-            }
-        }
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
 
         // The retired "jcenter" repo.