diff --git a/scripts/setup/debians/rosjava/bootstrap/patches/replace_jcenter.patch b/scripts/setup/debians/rosjava/bootstrap/patches/replace_jcenter.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7651dda0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup/debians/rosjava/bootstrap/patches/replace_jcenter.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: ros-noetic-rosjava-bootstrap/build.gradle
+===================================================================
+--- ros-noetic-rosjava-bootstrap.orig/build.gradle
++++ ros-noetic-rosjava-bootstrap/build.gradle
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ subprojects {
+ 
+   // These external repositories are copied from bootstrap.gradle.
+   repositories {
+-    jcenter()
++    mavenCentral()
+     maven {
+       url "http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release"
+     }
diff --git a/scripts/setup/debians/rosjava/bootstrap/patches/series b/scripts/setup/debians/rosjava/bootstrap/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..444aadb038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup/debians/rosjava/bootstrap/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+replace_jcenter.patch