diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5d2457cba3..21d3e9744f 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ END SNIPPET: ant-bootstrap -->
         <snapshots enabled="true"/>
         <releases enabled="false"/>
       </remoteRepository>
+      <!-- TODO: remove when model-builder:1.4 is released -->
+      <remoteRepository url="http://repository.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots">
+        <snapshots enabled="true"/>
+        <releases enabled="false"/>
+      </remoteRepository>
       <!-- /TODO -->
       <dependency groupId="org.codehaus.modello" artifactId="modello-maven-plugin" version="${pom.properties.modelloVersion}"/>
     </artifact:dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fca53cea24..f94053ddb1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ under the License.
     <plexusPluginManagerVersion>1.0-alpha-1</plexusPluginManagerVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>1.5.8</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <wagonVersion>1.0-beta-4</wagonVersion>
-    <modelBuilderVersion>1.3</modelBuilderVersion>
+    <modelBuilderVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</modelBuilderVersion>
     <mercuryVersion>1.0.0-alpha-4</mercuryVersion>
     <mercuryMp3Version>1.0-alpha-1</mercuryMp3Version>
     <securityDispatcherVersion>1.0</securityDispatcherVersion>
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ under the License.
     <module>maven-compat</module>
     <module>maven-repository</module>
   </modules>
+  <!-- FIXME: Remove once model-builder is released -->
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>spice.snapshots</id>
+      <url>http://repository.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <!--start-->
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>