diff --git a/extra-targets.xml b/extra-targets.xml
index 214c17d911e..cdf861df86e 100644
--- a/extra-targets.xml
+++ b/extra-targets.xml
@@ -91,11 +91,13 @@
   <target name="-check-after-regeneration" depends="ivy-availability-check,ivy-fail,ivy-configure,resolve-groovy">
     <svn-checker failonmodifications="true"/>
   </target>
+  
+  <property name="svnkit.version" value="1.7.8"/>
 
   <macrodef xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" name="svn-checker">
     <attribute name="failonmodifications" default="true"/> <!-- false if file modifications are allowed -->
     <sequential>
-    <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.tmatesoft.svnkit" module="svnkit" revision="1.7.8"
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.tmatesoft.svnkit" module="svnkit" revision="${svnkit.version}"
       inline="true" conf="default" transitive="true" pathid="svnkit.classpath"/>
     <local name="svn.checkprops.failed"/>
     <local name="svn.unversioned.failed"/>
diff --git a/lucene/common-build.xml b/lucene/common-build.xml
index 63df8074a47..ef292950c6e 100644
--- a/lucene/common-build.xml
+++ b/lucene/common-build.xml
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ ${tests-output}/junit4-*.suites     - per-JVM executed suites
   
 ]]></fail>
     <echo>Code coverage with Atlassian Clover enabled.</echo>
-    <ivy:cachepath organisation="com.cenqua.clover" module="clover" revision="3.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="com.cenqua.clover" module="clover" revision="3.2.0"
       inline="true" conf="master" pathid="clover.classpath"/>
     <taskdef resource="cloverlib.xml" classpathref="clover.classpath" />
     <mkdir dir="${clover.db.dir}"/>
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ ${ant.project.name}.test.dependencies=${test.classpath.list}
   
   <!-- GROOVY scripting engine for ANT tasks -->
   <target name="resolve-groovy" unless="groovy.loaded" depends="ivy-availability-check,ivy-configure">
-    <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.codehaus.groovy" module="groovy-all" revision="2.1.5"
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.codehaus.groovy" module="groovy-all" revision="2.2.1"
       inline="true" conf="default" type="jar" transitive="true" pathid="groovy.classpath"/>
     <taskdef name="groovy"
       classname="org.codehaus.groovy.ant.Groovy"
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ ${ant.project.name}.test.dependencies=${test.classpath.list}
   <!-- PEGDOWN macro: Before using depend on the target "resolve-pegdown,resolve-groovy" -->
   
   <target name="resolve-pegdown" unless="pegdown.loaded" depends="ivy-availability-check,ivy-configure">
-    <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.pegdown" module="pegdown" revision="1.4.0"
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.pegdown" module="pegdown" revision="1.4.1"
       inline="true" conf="default" transitive="true" pathid="pegdown.classpath"/>
     <property name="pegdown.loaded" value="true"/>
   </target>
diff --git a/lucene/ivy-settings.xml b/lucene/ivy-settings.xml
index 4b8b8c57a5c..0edbd0b4f2d 100644
--- a/lucene/ivy-settings.xml
+++ b/lucene/ivy-settings.xml
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
     <ibiblio name="maven.restlet.org" root="http://maven.restlet.org" m2compatible="true" />
     <ibiblio name="cloudera" root="https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/repo" m2compatible="true" />
     <ibiblio name="releases.cloudera.com" root="https://repository.cloudera.com/content/repositories/releases" m2compatible="true" />
+    
+    <!-- needed only for newer svnkit releases, e.g. 1.8.x -->
+    <ibiblio name="svnkit-releases" root="http://maven.tmatesoft.com/content/repositories/releases" m2compatible="true" />
 
     <!-- you might need to tweak this from china so it works -->
     <ibiblio name="working-chinese-mirror" root="http://uk.maven.org/maven2" m2compatible="true" />
     
-    <!-- temporary to try Clover 3.2.0 snapshots, see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-5243, https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CLOV-1368 -->
-    <ibiblio name="atlassian-clover-snapshots" root="https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public-snapshot" m2compatible="true" />
-
     <!--
     <filesystem name="local-maven-2" m2compatible="true" local="true">
       <artifact
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <resolver ref="releases.cloudera.com"/>
       <resolver ref="sonatype-releases" />
       <resolver ref="maven.restlet.org" />
-      <resolver ref="atlassian-clover-snapshots" />
+      <resolver ref="svnkit-releases" />
       <resolver ref="working-chinese-mirror" />
     </chain>
   </resolvers>