diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 7a5cbcea67..310afc8e03 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -493,4 +493,28 @@
 			</distributionManagement>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
+	<!-- Allow access to Spring milestones and snapshots -->
+	<!-- (you don't need this if you are using the GA release) -->
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/snapshot</url>
+			<snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/milestone</url>
+			<snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/snapshot</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/milestone</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
 </project>