diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index ecf84f078..afa19e4ac 100755
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -219,21 +219,24 @@ tasks.create("generateInitScript") {
 
   doLast {
     out.bufferedWriter().use {
+
       it.write(
         """
       initscript {
           repositories {
+              
+              // Always specify the snapshots repository first
               maven {
-                  mavenCentral()
-                  google()
-
                   // Add snapshots repository for AndroidIDE CI builds
-                  url "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+                  url "${VersionUtils.SNAPSHOTS_REPO}"
               }
+              
+              mavenCentral()
+              google()
           }
 
           dependencies {
-              classpath '${BuildConfig.packageName}:gradle-plugin:${downloadVersion}'
+              classpath '${BuildConfig.packageName}:gradle-plugin:$downloadVersion'
           }
       }
       
diff --git a/build-info/build.gradle.kts b/build-info/build.gradle.kts
index 64a43091f..142414045 100644
--- a/build-info/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-info/build.gradle.kts
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ tasks.create("generateBuildInfo") {
           "PROJECT_SITE" to ProjectConfig.PROJECT_SITE,
 
           "AGP_VERSION_MININUM" to AGP_VERSION_MINIMUM,
-          "AGP_VERSION_LATEST" to libs.versions.agp.tooling.get()
+          "AGP_VERSION_LATEST" to libs.versions.agp.tooling.get(),
+
+          "SNAPSHOTS_REPOSITORY" to VersionUtils.SNAPSHOTS_REPO,
         )
     )
   }
diff --git a/build-info/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/buildinfo/BuildInfo.java.in b/build-info/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/buildinfo/BuildInfo.java.in
index cda396dfd..121ff0cd4 100644
--- a/build-info/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/buildinfo/BuildInfo.java.in
+++ b/build-info/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/buildinfo/BuildInfo.java.in
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ public class BuildInfo {
 
   // ------- Misc ------------------------
   public static final String PROJECT_SITE = "@@PROJECT_SITE@@";
+  public static final String SNAPSHOTS_REPOSITORY = "@@SNAPSHOTS_REPOSITORY@@";
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/ProjectConfig.kt b/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/ProjectConfig.kt
index 41e0c1578..1bf23764d 100644
--- a/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/ProjectConfig.kt
+++ b/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/ProjectConfig.kt
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ val Project.downloadVersion: String
     return if (CI.isCiBuild) {
       publishingVersion
     } else {
-      "latest.integration"
+      // sometimes, when working locally, Gradle fails to download the latest snapshot version
+      // this may cause issues while initializing the project in AndroidIDE
+      VersionUtils.getLatestSnapshotVersion("gradle-plugin")
     }
   }
diff --git a/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/VersionUtils.kt b/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/VersionUtils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..936ac925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-logic/ide/src/main/java/VersionUtils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import org.gradle.api.GradleException
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream
+import java.net.URI
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory
+
+/*
+ *  This file is part of AndroidIDE.
+ *
+ *  AndroidIDE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  AndroidIDE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with AndroidIDE.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @author Akash Yadav
+ */
+object VersionUtils {
+
+  /**
+   * The Sonatype snapshots repository.
+   */
+  const val SNAPSHOTS_REPO = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+
+  /**
+   * The latest integration version name.
+   */
+  const val LATEST_INTEGRATION = "latest.integration"
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the latest snapshot version of the given artifact from the Sonatype snapshots repository.
+   */
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun getLatestSnapshotVersion(artifact: String): String {
+    val groupId = BuildConfig.packageName.replace('.', '/')
+    val moduleMetadata = "${SNAPSHOTS_REPO}/$groupId/${artifact}/maven-metadata.xml"
+    return try {
+       BufferedInputStream(URI.create(moduleMetadata).toURL().openStream()).use { inputStream ->
+        val builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
+        val builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder()
+        val document = builder.parse(inputStream)
+
+        val xPathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance()
+        val xPath = xPathFactory.newXPath()
+
+        val latestVersion = xPath.evaluate("/metadata/versioning/latest", document)
+        println("Found latest version of artifact '$artifact' : '$latestVersion'")
+        return@use latestVersion
+      }
+    } catch (err: Throwable) {
+      throw GradleException("Failed to download $moduleMetadata", err)
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/gradle/AndroidIDEInitScriptPlugin.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/gradle/AndroidIDEInitScriptPlugin.kt
index 2e173acde..2c4c33f2e 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/gradle/AndroidIDEInitScriptPlugin.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/gradle/AndroidIDEInitScriptPlugin.kt
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ class AndroidIDEInitScriptPlugin : Plugin<Gradle> {
 
       // For AndroidIDE CI builds
       maven { repository ->
-        repository.url = URI.create(
-          "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
-        )
+        repository.url = URI.create(BuildInfo.SNAPSHOTS_REPOSITORY)
       }
     } else {
       logger.info("Using local maven repository for classpath resolution...")