diff --git a/src/it/settings.xml b/src/it/settings.xml
index a1c1028..11e4382 100644
--- a/src/it/settings.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
 <settings>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
@@ -9,7 +29,7 @@
       <repositories>
         <repository>
           <id>local.central</id>
-          <url>file://@localRepository@</url>
+          <url>file:///@localRepository@</url>
           <releases>
             <enabled>true</enabled>
           </releases>
@@ -17,11 +37,22 @@
             <enabled>true</enabled>
           </snapshots>
         </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+          <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name>
+          <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
       </repositories>
       <pluginRepositories>
         <pluginRepository>
           <id>local.central</id>
-          <url>file://@localRepository@</url>
+          <url>file:///@localRepository@</url>
           <releases>
             <enabled>true</enabled>
           </releases>