diff --git a/examples/dictionaryservice.itest/pom.xml b/examples/dictionaryservice.itest/pom.xml
index 79acf63..07bef3a 100644
--- a/examples/dictionaryservice.itest/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/dictionaryservice.itest/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-felix-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${pom.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
              <id>run</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31cb776..7ee5ebe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@
       <url>
         http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository
       </url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>