diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1243429..08a8e1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-shared-components</artifactId>
-    <version>34</version>
+    <version>99-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>
@@ -189,4 +189,16 @@
       </reporting>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository><!-- useful to resolve parent pom when it is a SNAPSHOT -->
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
 </project>