diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 49dc1e7fb4..d8de6dd55f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ allprojects {
                 groups.mavenCentral.group.each { includeGroup it }
             }
         }
+        // snapshots repository
+        maven {
+            url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
+            content {
+                groups.snapshot.regex.each { includeGroupByRegex it }
+                groups.snapshot.group.each { includeGroup it }
+            }
+        }
         maven {
             url 'https://jitpack.io'
             content {
diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index b026e79768..fd758dd859 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ def mavericks = "2.7.0"
 def glide = "4.13.2"
 def bigImageViewer = "1.8.1"
 def jjwt = "0.11.5"
-def vanniktechEmoji = "0.15.0"
+// Temporary version to unblock #6929. Once 0.16.0 is released we should use it, and revert
+// the whole commit which set version 0.16.0-SNAPSHOT
+def vanniktechEmoji = "0.16.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 def fragment = "1.5.2"
 
diff --git a/dependencies_groups.gradle b/dependencies_groups.gradle
index 433bc53568..e44e0bc5c2 100644
--- a/dependencies_groups.gradle
+++ b/dependencies_groups.gradle
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ ext.groups = [
                         'com.google.testing.platform',
                 ]
         ],
+        snapshot: [
+                regex: [
+                ],
+                group: [
+                        'com.vanniktech',
+                ]
+        ],
         mavenCentral: [
                 regex: [
                 ],
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ ext.groups = [
                         'com.sun.xml.bind.mvn',
                         'com.sun.xml.fastinfoset',
                         'com.thoughtworks.qdox',
-                        'com.vanniktech',
+                        // 'com.vanniktech',
                         'commons-cli',
                         'commons-codec',
                         'commons-io',