Cannot download Artifact com.github.everit-org.json-schema:org.everit.json.schema:jar:1.9.2

Hi,

I am creating CI/CD pipelines in Azure Devops for the Mulesoft Applications, and I get this error for one of my API

Failed to execute goal on project castlelake-salesforce-sapi: Could not resolve dependencies for project com.castlelake.mulesoft:castlelake-salesforce-sapi:mule-application:1.0.0: Could not transfer artifact com.github.everit-org.json-schema:org.everit.json.schema:jar:1.9.2 from/to central (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Connection timed out (Read failed) -> [Help 1]

I am not sure why is it trying to download this particular dependency even if it is not mentioned in the POM file. The pipeline works fine with a self-hosted agent but fails to download with a Microsoft Hosted agent. (Note: Other pipelines that run on a Microsoft Hosted agent work well.)

I see this error with one other pipeline too , which worked fine earlier a few days ago, and it now fails with this error even without any changes to the pipeline. I am not sure why is it trying to download that dependency or is the error misleading?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated as it is a complete blockage.

Thanks.