diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 898bbf6c..bdf6efb3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
+        google {
+            content {
+                includeGroupByRegex("com\\.android.*")
+                includeGroupByRegex("com\\.google.*")
+                includeGroupByRegex("androidx.*")
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/r8.jar b/tools/r8.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index d4ac9a5b..00000000
Binary files a/tools/r8.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/vgo/build.gradle.kts b/vgo/build.gradle.kts
index 71f4bf12..8f050faf 100644
--- a/vgo/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/vgo/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
+val r8: Configuration by configurations.creating
+
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":vgo-core"))
 
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.2")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params")
     testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine")
+
+    r8("com.android.tools:r8:8.3.37")
 }
 
 tasks {
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ tasks {
 
         val javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home")
 
-        classpath("$rootDir/tools/r8.jar")
+        classpath(r8)
         mainClass = "com.android.tools.r8.R8"
 
         args(