[BUG]: Gradle@2 task fails when generating a release apk

[shehanGuruge]

Task name

Gradle@2

Task version

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Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• Self-Hosted
• Microsoft Hosted
• VMSS Pool
• Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Windows latest

Task log

- task: Gradle@2
    displayName: "Gradle Assemble Release"
    inputs:
      gradleWrapperFile: 'gradlew'
      tasks: 'assembleRelease'
      publishJUnitResults: false
      javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
      jdkVersionOption: '1.11'
      sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false
      spotBugsAnalysis: false

Relevant log output

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:dataBindingMergeDependencyArtifactsRelease'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:releaseCompileClasspath'.
   > Could not find com.github.DantSu:ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android:3.2.1.
     Required by:
         project :app

* Try:
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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

Aditional info

I am getting a strange issue in azure pipelines in Gradle@2 assemble release task now when building the application. It was working fine before and no changes were done in the gradle files and the pipeline.yml files. Please note that no changes were done in the gradle files or the yml files, and they were working fine a couple of weeks before. And today suddenly I encountered this issue. Any assistance on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.