diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f524fe..06adb35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+        <!--FIXME remove this one the released bits are out-->
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>oss-staging</id>
+          <name>OSS Staging</name>
+          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging</url>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories> 
+
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <onos.version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>