diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7b5d11e05c3dbdd70b8e21548190100c9252c12..c9d00243f778135bebb5083c4415e993942e3245 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,4 +84,37 @@
       </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
+  
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+        <!-- only look for jars here when they are not present locally -->
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>java.net2</id>
+      <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>java.net2</id>
+      <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+        <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
 </project>