diff --git a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
index 61a037591f..8f59e14bc1 100644
--- a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
         <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
             <releases>
                 <enabled>false</enabled>
diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2c319eeaf9..7db7065128 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
         <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
             <releases>
                 <enabled>false</enabled>
diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 8a5ff66f0f..31c5d4a24d 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $symbol_dollar = '$' )
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
         <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
             <releases>
                 <enabled>false</enabled>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
index 25ed745e4e..e38d6d0ddf 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
         <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
index 588b4b6998..ce97b43bd5 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
         <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>