diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 7967b347..c5307ebd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Bug Fixes::
 
 * -s CLI option should be changed to -e to align with Asciidoctor (#1237) (@mojavelinux)
 * Column#setWidth is ignored (#1265) (@Vampire)
+* Fix unresolvable dependency of JRuby Gradle plugin. (#1275)
 
 === Compatible changes
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d67ba60d..9ef9118d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath "biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:5.3.0"
+        classpath("com.github.jruby-gradle:jruby-gradle-plugin:2.0.1") {
+          exclude module: 'grolifant'
+          exclude module: 'okhttp-digest'
+        }
+        classpath 'org.ysb33r.gradle:grolifant:0.17.0'
     }
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +31,8 @@ plugins {
   id "io.sdkman.vendors" version "3.0.0"
   id "signing"
   id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.3.0"
-  id 'com.github.jruby-gradle.base' version '2.0.1'
+  // Moved to dependency in buildscript. See https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctorj/issues/1275
+  // id 'com.github.jruby-gradle.base' version '2.0.1'
   id 'codenarc'
 }