Martin, I'd tried this but it still seems to pull down the new snapshots
<profile>
<id>central</id>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>central</id>
<url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>apache.snapshots</id>
<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group
</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>central</id>
<url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
<pluginRepository>
<id>apache.snapshots</id>
<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group
</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
</profile>
..
<activeProfiles>
<activeProfile>central</activeProfile>
</activeProfiles>