diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
index 39862b1ec9..d40a5b2419 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup Android SDK
         uses: android-actions/setup-android@v3
+        with:
+          # The action's default also installs the legacy `tools` package, which the
+          # SDK repository no longer serves, so sdkmanager exits 1 and the job stops
+          # before building. Only platform-tools is needed; Gradle fetches the rest.
+          packages: platform-tools
 
       - name: Cache Gradle packages
         uses: actions/cache@v4