diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 215d281689..88fd217550 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <xmlbeans-version>2.0.0-beta1</xmlbeans-version>
     <xmlpull-version>1.1.3.4d_b4_min</xmlpull-version>
     <xstream-version>1.3.1</xstream-version>
-    <xbean-version>3.7-SNAPSHOT</xbean-version>
+    <xbean-version>3.6</xbean-version>
     <felix-version>1.0.0</felix-version>
     <commons-net-version>2.0</commons-net-version>
     <ftpserver-version>1.0.0</ftpserver-version>
@@ -160,14 +160,6 @@
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
 
-  <!-- here till xbean 3.6 release is in central -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>snapshots-group</id>
-      <url>http://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <!-- =============================== -->