Sure, you can just change your settings.xml to use the direct svn url instead. The best way to do this is probably using mirror settings something like this: <mirrors> <mirror> <id>jboss-anon-svn-maven-repo</id> <name>jboss maven repository</name> <url>http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/repository.jboss.org/maven2</url... <mirrorOf>repository.jboss.org</mirrorOf> </mirror> </mirrors> Dimitris Andreadis wrote: