diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0888b7bbb..29ddbd6e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1890,6 +1890,16 @@
   </profiles>
 
   <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>archiva-repository.releases</id>
+      <url>https://archiva-repository.apache.org/archiva/repository/archiva-releases/</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
     <repository>
       <id>archiva.snapshots</id>
       <name>Archiva VM Snapshots Repository</name>