diff --git a/dependencies.xml b/dependencies.xml
index 6bbcedd..e517437 100644
--- a/dependencies.xml
+++ b/dependencies.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@
         </repository>
 
         <repository>
-            <id>snapshots</id>
+            <!-- do not use "snapshots" repository name, otherwise when using
+              local maven cache it won't work since a fake mirror for snapshot
+              is added to the mvn_settings.xml -->
+            <id>snapshots-tost</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>