I’m trying to configure my Gradle project to download the com.android.application plugin (version 8.7.2) from my private Nexus repository. I can only use this Nexus repository
(https://nexus.com.br/my-repo/) to fetch dependencies, and everything seems to be correctly set up.

Here is the error I’m encountering:

org.gradle.api.plugins.UnknownPluginException: Plugin [id: 'com.android.application', version: '8.7.2', apply: false] was not found in any of the following sources: 
- Gradle Core Plugins (plugin is not in 'org.gradle' namespace) 
- Plugin Repositories (could not resolve plugin artifact 'com.android.application:com.android.application.gradle.plugin:8.7.2')
 Searched in the following repositories: maven(https://nexus.com.br/my-repo/)

The Nexus repository doesn’t return any explicit authentication errors in the logs, but Gradle still fails to resolve the plugin.

I’ve already verified:

1. The credentials are correct, and Nexus is accessible (tested via
   curl).
2. The plugin artifact is not being found, but I can access the nexus repository from browser.
3. The version 8.7.2 seems valid but isn’t being resolved from Nexus.

Is there something I might be missing in the Gradle or Nexus configuration? How can I ensure that Gradle can authenticate and resolve the plugin from the Nexus repository?

This is my build.gradle on Project level:

buildscript {
    ext {
        nexus = {
            credentials {
                username "$mavenUser"
                password "$mavenPassword"
            }
            url "$nexusRepoURL"
        }
    }

    repositories {
        maven(nexus)
    }
}

This is my settings.gradle

pluginManagement {
    ext {
        nexus = {
            credentials {
                username "$mavenUser"
                password "$mavenPassword"
            }
            url "$nexusRepoURL"
        }
    }

    repositories {
        maven(nexus)
    }

}