diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.toml b/CHANGELOG.next.toml
index c3272671a7..6932247c3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.toml
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.toml
@@ -173,4 +173,10 @@ author = "hlbarber"
 message = "Update aws-types zeroize to flexible version to prevent downstream version conflicts."
 references = ["smithy-rs#1817"]
 meta = { "breaking" = false, "tada" = false, "bug" = true }
-author = "ethyi"
\ No newline at end of file
+author = "ethyi"
+
+[[smithy-rs]]
+message = "Enable local maven repo dependency override."
+references = ["smithy-rs#1852"]
+meta = { "breaking" = false, "tada" = false, "bug" = false }
+author = "ogudavid"
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index d957606194..4b5bf3d75e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ include(":aws:sdk-codegen")
 include(":aws:sdk-adhoc-test")
 include(":aws:sdk")
 include(":aws:rust-runtime")
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+        google()
+    }
+}