diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 7524ac64f3b92..e4d2d8470cc34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ jobs:
         export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2g -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=1g -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=WARN"
         export MAVEN_CLI_OPTS="--no-transfer-progress"
         mkdir -p ~/.m2
+        # `Maven Central` is too flaky in terms of downloading artifacts in `GitHub Action` environment.
+        # `Google Maven Central Mirror` is too slow in terms of sycing upstream. To get the best combination,
+        #   1) we set `Google Maven Central` as a mirror of `central` in `GitHub Action` environment only.
+        #   2) we duplicates `Maven Central` in pom.xml with ID `central_without_mirror`.
+        # In other words, in GitHub Action environment, `central` is mirrored by `Google Maven Central` first.
+        # If `Google Maven Central` doesn't provide the artifact due to its slowness, `central_without_mirror` will be used.
+        # Note that we aim to achieve the above while keeping the existing behavior of non-`GitHub Action` environment unchanged.
         echo "<settings><mirrors><mirror><id>google-maven-central</id><name>GCS Maven Central mirror</name><url>https://maven-central.storage-download.googleapis.com/repos/central/data/</url><mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf></mirror></mirrors></settings>" > ~/.m2/settings.xml
         ./build/mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -DskipTests -Pyarn -Pmesos -Pkubernetes -Phive -P${{ matrix.hive }} -Phive-thriftserver -P${{ matrix.hadoop }} -Phadoop-cloud -Djava.version=${{ matrix.java }} install
         rm -rf ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/spark
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58c05357ef417..33a219f764465 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,6 +257,22 @@
         <enabled>false</enabled>
       </snapshots>
     </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>central_without_mirror</id>
+      <!--
+        This is used as a fallback when a mirror to `central` fail.
+        For example, when we use Google Maven Central in GitHub Action as a mirror of `central`,
+        this will be used when Google Maven Central is out of sync due to its late sync cycle.
+      -->
+      <name>Maven Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
   </repositories>
   <pluginRepositories>
     <pluginRepository>