diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c3bbf134..2f927d606 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 		<dist.key>DATAJPA</dist.key>
 
-		<eclipselink>2.6.0</eclipselink>
+		<eclipselink>2.6.1</eclipselink>
 		<hibernate>3.6.10.Final</hibernate>
 		<hsqldb1>1.8.0.10</hsqldb1>
 		<jpa>2.0.0</jpa>
@@ -70,6 +70,30 @@
 				</repository>
 			</repositories>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>eclipselink-next</id>
+			<properties>
+				<eclipselink>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</eclipselink>
+			</properties>
+			<repositories>
+				<repository>
+					<id>oss-sonatype</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging</url>
+				</repository>
+			</repositories>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>eclipselink-27-next</id>
+			<properties>
+				<eclipselink>2.7.0-SNAPSHOT</eclipselink>
+			</properties>
+			<repositories>
+				<repository>
+					<id>oss-sonatype</id>
+					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging</url>
+				</repository>
+			</repositories>
+		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 
 	<dependencies>