diff --git a/lib/datasource/maven/util.ts b/lib/datasource/maven/util.ts
index 464d2709fd31ac..f1e1f415c7d8b5 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/maven/util.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/maven/util.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function isHttpResourceExists(
     const httpClient = httpByHostType(hostType);
     const res = await httpClient.head(pkgUrl.toString());
     const pkgUrlHost = url.parse(pkgUrl.toString()).host;
-    if (pkgUrlHost === 'repo.maven.apache.org') {
+    if (['repo.maven.apache.org', 'gitlab.com'].includes(pkgUrlHost)) {
       const timestamp = res?.headers?.['last-modified'] as string;
       return timestamp || true;
     }