diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba43c0d..d94596e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 	</distributionManagement>
 
 	<repositories>
+        <repository>
+        <id>maven-central</id>
+        <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>hyracks-public</id>
 			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/groups/hyracks-public/</url>