diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0040/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0040/pom.xml
index b3fc958d25..92a1f85fd5 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0040/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0040/pom.xml
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>snapshots</id>
+      <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
+      <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/plugins</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
 </project>