diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7801b3c..f2a9299 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@
         <url>https://travis-ci.org/apache/jackrabbit-filevault-package-maven-plugin</url>
     </ciManagement>
 
+    <!-- parent is available in SNAPSHOT repo of Apache -->
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+            <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- B U I L D   D E F I N I T I O N                                        -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->