Gradle build failing with org/gradle/language/jvm/internal/DefaultResourceSet when pointing to new Nexus Repository

line 62 in the build.gradle file is

apply plugin: ‘grails’

07:35:33.093 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

07:35:33.094 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. 07:35:33.095 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

07:35:33.096 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * Where: 07:35:33.096 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Build file ‘/spfs/tomcat/.jenkins/workspace/devre01-test/build.gradle’ line: 62 07:35:33.097 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

07:35:33.098 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong: 07:35:33.099 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] A problem occurred evaluating root project ‘dpfs’. 07:35:33.100 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] > org/gradle/language/jvm/internal/DefaultResourceSet 07:35:33.101 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]

07:35:33.101 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * Try: 07:35:33.102 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.