diff --git a/maven-plugins/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
index d03a188690..6fe74b4fce 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
       <id>snapshots</id>
       <name>Maven Central Development Repository</name>
       <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <pluginRepositories>
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@
       <id>snapshots</id>
       <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
       <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/plugins</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
   <modules>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3256b1aba..748cdedf87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
       <id>snapshots</id>
       <name>Maven Central Development Repository</name>
       <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <pluginRepositories>
@@ -139,6 +142,9 @@
       <id>snapshots</id>
       <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
       <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/plugins</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
   <modules>