Http 403 stopping resolver

When running a gradle build it stops resolving other repositories if it receives a http 403 error. The only slightly related issue i could find on google was Http status code 403 stops ivy resolver? . Is that because gradle is using the IVY resolver?

17:38:58.775 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[Daemon worker,5,main]] finished, busy: 1 mins 38.959 secs, idle: 0.053 secs                                                                                                
17:38:58.788 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter]                                                                                                                                                                                                 
17:38:58.788 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.                                                                                                                                                        
17:38:58.788 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter]                                                                                                                                                                                                 
17:38:58.789 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong:                                                                                                                                                                              
17:38:58.789 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':myproject1:myproject2:testRuntime'.                                                                                                        
17:38:58.789 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] > Could not download ant.jar (org.apache.ant:ant:1.9.6)                                                                                                                                         
17:38:58.789 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter]    > Could not get resource 'http://myrepo/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.6/ant-1.9.6.jar'.                                               
17:38:58.790 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter]       > Could not HEAD 'http://myrepo/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.6/ant-1.9.6.jar'. Received status code 403 from server: Forbidden    
17:38:58.790 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter]                                                                                                                                                                                                 
17:38:58.790 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * Try:                                                                                                                                                                                          
17:38:58.791 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.                                                                                                                                            
17:38:58.791 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger]                                                                                                                                                                                                  
17:38:58.792 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] BUILD FAILED                                                                                                                                                                                     
17:38:58.792 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger]                                                                                                                                                                                                  
17:38:58.792 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] Total time: 2 mins 21.037 secs 

with Full stack trace:

* Exception is:                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolveException: Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':myproject:myproject1:testRuntime'.                                                                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.wrapException(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:70)                                                                                    
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.access$000(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:33)                                                                                       
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver$ErrorHandlingResolvedConfiguration.getFiles(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:208)                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration$ConfigurationFileCollection.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:695)                                                                                    
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:317)                                                                                                                
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration_Decorated.getFiles(Unknown Source)                                                                                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext$FileTreeConverter.convertInto(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:202)                                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.doResolve(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:114)                                                                                         
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.resolveAsFileTrees(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:85)                                                                                 
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext$FileTreeConverter.convertInto(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:188)                                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.doResolve(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:109)                                                                                         
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.resolveAsFileTrees(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:85)                                                                                 
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext$FileTreeConverter.convertInto(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:188)                                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.doResolve(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:109)                                                                                         
        at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.resolveAsFileTrees(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:85)                                                                                 
        ... 
        at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120)                                                                                                                        
        at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50)                                                                                                                
        at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:293)                                                                                                                              
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:54)                                                                                                                       
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:40)                                                                                                                                    
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.resolve.ArtifactResolveException: Could not download ant.jar (org.apache.ant:ant:1.9.6)                                                                                                                  
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.resolveArtifact(ExternalResourceResolver.java:273)                                                                                          
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver$RemoteRepositoryAccess.resolveArtifact(ExternalResourceResolver.java:483)                                                                   
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CacheLockReleasingModuleComponentsRepository$LockReleasingRepositoryAccess$5.run(CacheLockReleasingModuleComponentsRepository.java:105)                              
        at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)                                                                                                                                                                    
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:242)                                                                                                                               
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:313)                                                                                                                               
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.longRunningOperation(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:114)                                                                                                     
        at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory$ReferenceTrackingCache.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheFactory.java:179)                                                                                                      
        at 
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultCacheLockingManager.useCache(DefaultCacheLockingManager.java:64)                                                                                                         
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultLenientConfiguration.getFiles(DefaultLenientConfiguration.java:149)                                                                                                      
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultLenientConfiguration.getFilesStrict(DefaultLenientConfiguration.java:121)                                                                                                
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultResolvedConfiguration.getFiles(DefaultResolvedConfiguration.java:45)                                                                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.SelfResolvingDependencyConfigurationResolver$FilesAggregatingResolvedConfiguration.getFiles(SelfResolvingDependencyConfigurationResolver.java:87)                               
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver$ErrorHandlingResolvedConfiguration.getFiles(ErrorHandlingConfigurationResolver.java:206)                                                     
        ... 89 more                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Caused by: org.gradle.api.resources.ResourceException: Could not get resource 'http://myrepo/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.6/ant-1.9.6.jar'.                                     
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.ResourceExceptions.failure(ResourceExceptions.java:69)                                                                                                                                          
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.ResourceExceptions.getFailed(ResourceExceptions.java:52)                                                                                                                                        
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.downloadStaticResource(DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.java:101)                                                     
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.resolveArtifact(DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.java:62)                                                             
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.download(ExternalResourceResolver.java:285)                                                                                                 
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.resolveArtifact(ExternalResourceResolver.java:271)                                                                                          
        ... 128 more                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Caused by: org.gradle.api.UncheckedIOException: Could not HEAD 'http://myrepo/org/apache/ant/ant/1.9.6/ant-1.9.6.jar'. Received status code 403 from server: Forbidden    
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.processResponse(HttpClientHelper.java:112)                                                                                                                      
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performHead(HttpClientHelper.java:54)                                                                                                                           
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.http.HttpResourceAccessor.getMetaData(HttpResourceAccessor.java:85)                                                                                                                   
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.DefaultExternalResourceConnector.getMetaData(DefaultExternalResourceConnector.java:63)                                                                                                 
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.transport.DefaultExternalResourceRepository.getResourceMetaData(DefaultExternalResourceRepository.java:68)                                                                                      
        at org.gradle.internal.resource.transfer.DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor.getResource(DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor.java:85)                                                                               
        at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.downloadStaticResource(DefaultExternalResourceArtifactResolver.java:92)                                                      
        ... 131 more