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 453e5cb5d7e13..6111146af3709 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
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 /**
  * This plugin configures formatting for Java source using Spotless
  * for Gradle. Since the act of formatting existing source can interfere
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
                 java.importOrderFile(project.getRootProject().file(importOrderPath));
 
                 // Most formatting is done through the Eclipse formatter
-                java.eclipse().configFile(project.getRootProject().file(formatterConfigPath));
+                java.eclipse().withP2Mirrors(Map.of("https://download.eclipse.org/", "https://mirror.umd.edu/eclipse/"))
+                    configFile(project.getRootProject().file(formatterConfigPath));
 
                 // Ensure blank lines are actually empty. Since formatters are applied in
                 // order, apply this one last, otherwise non-empty blank lines can creep