diff --git a/.changeset/sour-hotels-fold.md b/.changeset/sour-hotels-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7ee458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-hotels-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@openwallet-foundation/askar-react-native": patch
+---
+
+chore: remove jcenter from gradle. After being deprecated in old gradle versions, with Gradle 9.0.0 jCenter is removed. In order to make the package compatible it is necessary to remove jCenter
diff --git a/packages/askar-react-native/android/build.gradle b/packages/askar-react-native/android/build.gradle
index fe6d69f..b6a1d56 100644
--- a/packages/askar-react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/askar-react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     google()
-    jcenter()
     mavenCentral()
   }