diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 235b939..3e804d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
 			<version>1.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java
index 269783f..f83ad1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package org.springframework.data.release.announcement;
 
 import static org.springframework.data.release.model.Projects.*;
 
-import org.springframework.data.release.build.MavenArtifact;
 import org.springframework.data.release.cli.StaticResources;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Project;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.TrainIteration;
@@ -53,11 +52,6 @@ public class AnnouncementOperations {
 			builder.append("`");
 			builder.append(" - ");
 
-			MavenArtifact artifact = new MavenArtifact(module);
-
-			builder.append(getMarkDownLink("Artifacts", artifact.getRootUrl()));
-			builder.append(" - ");
-
 			StaticResources resources = new StaticResources(module);
 
 			builder.append(getMarkDownLink("Javadoc", resources.getJavaDocUrl())).append(" - ");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenArtifact.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenArtifact.java
index 730a0d4..85bf60f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenArtifact.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenArtifact.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public class MavenArtifact {
 	private static final GroupId GROUP_ID = GroupId.of("org.springframework.data");
 
 	private final Project project;
-	private final @Getter Repository repository;
 	private final @Getter ArtifactVersion version;
 
 	/**
@@ -49,14 +48,12 @@ public class MavenArtifact {
 		Assert.notNull(module, "Module iteration must not be null!");
 
 		this.project = module.getModule().getProject();
-		this.repository = new Repository(module.getIteration());
 		this.version = ArtifactVersion.of(module);
 	}
 
 	public MavenArtifact(Project project, ArtifactVersion version) {
 
 		this.project = project;
-		this.repository = new Repository(version);
 		this.version = version;
 	}
 
@@ -80,12 +77,4 @@ public class MavenArtifact {
 		return version.getNextDevelopmentVersion();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the URL pointing to the artifacts.
-	 *
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	public String getRootUrl() {
-		return String.format("%s/%s/%s/%s", repository.getUrl(), GROUP_ID.asPath(), getArtifactId(), version);
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java
index ce7cf8a..9d4caf8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystem.java
@@ -112,13 +112,12 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 		if (updater.isBuildProject()) {
 
 			if (information.isBomInBuildProject()) {
-				updateBom(information, "bom/pom.xml", BUILD);
+				updateBom(updater, information, "bom/pom.xml", BUILD);
 			}
 
-			updateParentPom(information);
-
+			updateParentPom(updater, information);
 		} else if (updater.isBomProject()) {
-			updateBom(information, "bom/pom.xml", BOM);
+			updateBom(updater, information, "bom/pom.xml", BOM);
 		} else {
 
 			doWithProjection(workspace.getFile(POM_XML, updater.getProject()), pom -> {
@@ -458,7 +457,7 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 		return module;
 	}
 
-	private void updateBom(UpdateInformation updateInformation, String file, Project project) {
+	private void updateBom(PomUpdater updater, UpdateInformation updateInformation, String file, Project project) {
 
 		TrainIteration iteration = updateInformation.getTrain();
 
@@ -499,10 +498,12 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 					throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Found snapshot dependencies %s!", snapshotDependencies));
 				}
 			}
+
+			updater.updateRepository(pom);
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void updateParentPom(UpdateInformation information) {
+	private void updateParentPom(PomUpdater updater, UpdateInformation information) {
 
 		// Fix version of shared resources to to-be-released version.
 		doWithProjection(workspace.getFile("parent/pom.xml", BUILD), ParentPom.class, pom -> {
@@ -512,6 +513,8 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 
 			logger.log(BUILD, "Setting releasetrain property to %s.", information.getReleaseTrainVersion());
 			pom.setReleaseTrain(information.getReleaseTrainVersion());
+
+			updater.updateRepository(pom);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -622,6 +625,9 @@ class MavenBuildSystem implements BuildSystem {
 			s = s.replaceAll(Pattern.quote("standalone=\"no\"?><"), "standalone=\"no\"?>" + IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR + "<");
 		}
 
+		s = s.replace(String.format("<repositories>%n\t\t%n\t</repositories>"),
+				String.format("<repositories>%n\t</repositories>"));
+
 		if (!s.endsWith(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR)) {
 			s += IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Pom.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Pom.java
index 28d7458..212e582 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Pom.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Pom.java
@@ -15,9 +15,20 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.release.build;
 
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.ArtifactVersion;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.xmlbeam.annotation.XBDelete;
 import org.xmlbeam.annotation.XBRead;
 import org.xmlbeam.annotation.XBValue;
 import org.xmlbeam.annotation.XBWrite;
@@ -57,6 +68,12 @@ public interface Pom {
 	@XBWrite("/project/repositories/repository[id=\"{0}\"]/url")
 	void setRepositoryUrl(String id, @XBValue String url);
 
+	@XBDelete("/project/repositories/*")
+	void deleteRepositories();
+
+	@XBWrite("/project/repositories")
+	void setRepositories(Element repositories);
+
 	/**
 	 * Sets the version of the dependency with the given artifact identifier to the given {@link ArtifactVersion}.
 	 *
@@ -78,13 +95,93 @@ public interface Pom {
 	@XBRead("//dependency[substring(version, string-length(version) - string-length('-SNAPSHOT') + 1) = '-SNAPSHOT']")
 	List<Artifact> getSnapshotDependencies();
 
-	public interface Repository {
+	class RepositoryElementFactory {
 
-		@XBRead("child::id")
-		String getId();
+		public static Element of(Repository... repositories) {
+			return of(Arrays.asList(repositories));
+		}
+
+		public static Element of(List<Repository> repositories) {
+
+			Document doc = createDocument();
+			Element repos = doc.createElement("repositories");
+			repos.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+			repos.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("\t\t"));
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < repositories.size(); i++) {
+
+				Repository repo = repositories.get(i);
+
+				repos.appendChild(toElement(doc, repo));
+				repos.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+
+				if (i + 1 == repositories.size()) {
+					repos.appendChild(indent(doc, 1));
+				} else {
+					repos.appendChild(indent(doc, 2));
+				}
+			}
+
+			return repos;
+		}
+
+		private static Element toElement(Document doc, Repository repo) {
+
+			Element repository = doc.createElement("repository");
+
+			repository.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+
+			repository.appendChild(indent(doc, 3));
+			repository.appendChild(createElement(doc, "id", repo.getId()));
+			repository.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+
+			repository.appendChild(indent(doc, 3));
+			repository.appendChild(createElement(doc, "url", repo.getUrl()));
+			repository.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+
+			if (repo.getSnapshots() != null) {
+				appendEnabledConfig(doc, "snapshots", repo.getSnapshots(), repository);
+			}
+
+			if (repo.getReleases() != null) {
+				appendEnabledConfig(doc, "releases", repo.getReleases(), repository);
+			}
+
+			repository.appendChild(indent(doc, 2));
+
+			return repository;
+		}
+
+		private static void appendEnabledConfig(Document doc, String tagName, boolean value, Element repository) {
+
+			Element snapshots = doc.createElement(tagName);
+			snapshots.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+
+			snapshots.appendChild(indent(doc, 4));
+			snapshots.appendChild(createElement(doc, "enabled", Boolean.toString(value)));
+			snapshots.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+			snapshots.appendChild(indent(doc, 3));
+
+			repository.appendChild(indent(doc, 3));
+			repository.appendChild(snapshots);
+			repository.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR));
+		}
+
+		private static Element createElement(Document doc, String name, String content) {
+			Element url = doc.createElement(name);
+			url.setTextContent(content);
+			return url;
+		}
+
+		private static Node indent(Document doc, int indentSize) {
+			return doc.createTextNode(StringUtils.repeat("\t", indentSize));
+		}
+
+		@SneakyThrows
+		static Document createDocument() {
+			return DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
+		}
 
-		@XBRead("child::url")
-		String getUrl();
 	}
 
 	public interface Artifact {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/PomUpdater.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/PomUpdater.java
index d60ca06..4e31c18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/PomUpdater.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/PomUpdater.java
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.release.build;
 
-import static org.springframework.data.release.model.Phase.*;
 import static org.springframework.data.release.model.Projects.*;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.release.build.Pom.RepositoryElementFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.ArtifactVersion;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Project;
 import org.springframework.data.release.utils.Logger;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 class PomUpdater {
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ class PomUpdater {
 
 	/**
 	 * Updates the version of the parent project in the given {@link Pom}.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param pom must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public void updateParentVersion(Pom pom) {
@@ -86,29 +89,21 @@ class PomUpdater {
 
 	/**
 	 * Updates the repository section in the given {@link Pom}.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param pom must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public void updateRepository(Pom pom) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(pom, "Pom must not be null!");
 
-		String message = "Switching to Spring repository %s (%s).";
-		Repository repository = information.getRepository();
-
-		if (PREPARE.equals(information.getPhase())) {
-
-			logger.log(project, message, repository.getId(), repository.getUrl());
-
-			pom.setRepositoryId(repository.getSnapshotId(), repository.getId());
-			pom.setRepositoryUrl(repository.getId(), repository.getUrl());
+		List<Repository> repositories = information.getRepositories();
+		pom.deleteRepositories();
 
+		if (repositories.isEmpty()) {
+			logger.log(project, "Removing <repositories> declaration.");
 		} else {
-
-			logger.log(project, message, repository.getSnapshotId(), repository.getSnapshotUrl());
-
-			pom.setRepositoryId(repository.getId(), repository.getSnapshotId());
-			pom.setRepositoryUrl(repository.getSnapshotId(), repository.getSnapshotUrl());
+			logger.log(project, "Switching to Spring repositories %s.", repositories);
+			pom.setRepositories(RepositoryElementFactory.of(repositories));
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Repository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Repository.java
index 4100aaa..a119d08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Repository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/Repository.java
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ package org.springframework.data.release.build;
 
 import lombok.Value;
 
-import org.springframework.data.release.model.ArtifactVersion;
-import org.springframework.data.release.model.Iteration;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
 /**
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
@@ -28,49 +24,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 @Value
 public class Repository {
 
-	private static final String ID_BASE = "spring-libs-";
-	private static final String BASE = "https://repo.spring.io/libs-";
+	static Repository SNAPSHOT = new Repository("spring-snapshot", "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot", true, false);
+	static Repository MILESTONE = new Repository("spring-milestone", "https://repo.spring.io/milestone", null, null);
 
 	String id, url;
+	Boolean snapshots;
+	Boolean releases;
 
-	public Repository(Iteration iteration) {
 
-		Assert.notNull(iteration, "Iteration must not be null!");
-
-		this.id = ID_BASE.concat(iteration.isPublic() ? "release" : "milestone");
-		this.url = BASE.concat(iteration.isPublic() ? "release" : "milestone");
-	}
-
-	public Repository(ArtifactVersion version) {
-
-		String suffix = getSuffixFor(version);
-
-		this.id = ID_BASE.concat(suffix);
-		this.url = BASE.concat(suffix);
-	}
-
-	public String getSnapshotId() {
-		return ID_BASE.concat("snapshot");
-	}
-
-	public String getSnapshotUrl() {
-		return BASE.concat("snapshot");
-	}
-
-	private static String getSuffixFor(ArtifactVersion version) {
-
-		if (version.isSnapshotVersion()) {
-			return "snapshot";
-		}
-
-		if (version.isMilestoneVersion() || version.isReleaseCandidateVersion()) {
-			return "milestone";
-		}
-
-		if (version.isReleaseVersion()) {
-			return "release";
-		}
-
-		throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Unsupported ArtifactVersion %s!", version));
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformation.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformation.java
index 00b1ded..4ba5697 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformation.java
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.ArtifactVersion;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Phase;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Project;
@@ -83,13 +87,20 @@ public class UpdateInformation {
 		throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected phase detected " + phase + " detected!");
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the {@link Repository} to use (milestone or release).
-	 *
-	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
-	 */
-	public Repository getRepository() {
-		return new Repository(train.getIteration());
+	public List<Repository> getRepositories() {
+
+		if (phase == Phase.PREPARE) {
+
+			if (train.getIteration().isMilestone()) {
+				return Collections.singletonList(Repository.MILESTONE);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (phase == Phase.CLEANUP) {
+			return Arrays.asList(Repository.SNAPSHOT, Repository.MILESTONE);
+		}
+
+		return Collections.emptyList();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystemUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystemUnitTests.java
index 314d7a7..48dd467 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystemUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/MavenBuildSystemUnitTests.java
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-
+import org.springframework.data.release.build.Pom.RepositoryElementFactory;
 import org.xmlbeam.XBProjector;
 
 /**
@@ -49,4 +48,34 @@ class MavenBuildSystemUnitTests {
 					.endsWith(IOUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR);
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	void shouldRemoveRepositories() throws Exception {
+
+		ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("sample-pom.xml");
+
+		try (InputStream is = resource.getInputStream()) {
+
+			byte[] bytes = MavenBuildSystem.doWithProjection(projector, is, Pom.class, Pom::deleteRepositories);
+
+			assertThat(new String(bytes)).contains("<repositories>").doesNotContain("<repository>");
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void shouldAddRepositories() throws Exception {
+
+		ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("sample-pom.xml");
+
+		try (InputStream is = resource.getInputStream()) {
+
+			byte[] bytes = MavenBuildSystem.doWithProjection(projector, is, Pom.class, pom -> {
+				pom.deleteRepositories();
+				pom.setRepositories(RepositoryElementFactory.of(Repository.SNAPSHOT, Repository.MILESTONE));
+			});
+
+			assertThat(new String(bytes)).containsSubsequence("repositories", "<id>spring-snapshot</id>", "<snapshots>",
+					"<enabled>true</enabled>", "<releases>", "<enabled>false</enabled>", "spring-milestone");
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformationUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformationUnitTests.java
index d55ae0c..f018986 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformationUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/UpdateInformationUnitTests.java
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.data.release.build;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Iteration;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Phase;
 import org.springframework.data.release.model.Projects;
@@ -48,22 +45,6 @@ class UpdateInformationUnitTests {
 		Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> UpdateInformation.of(hopperM1, null));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	void exposesMilestoneRepositoryForMilestone() {
-		assertThat(UpdateInformation.of(hopperM1, Phase.PREPARE).getRepository().getId())
-				.isEqualTo("spring-libs-milestone");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void exposesReleaseRepositoryForGA() {
-
-		Arrays.asList(Iteration.GA, Iteration.SR1).forEach(iteration -> {
-			TrainIteration trainIteration = new TrainIteration(ReleaseTrains.HOPPER, iteration);
-			assertThat(UpdateInformation.of(trainIteration, Phase.PREPARE).getRepository().getId())
-					.isEqualTo("spring-libs-release");
-		});
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void calculatesProjectVersionToSetCorrectly() {
 
@@ -74,6 +55,32 @@ class UpdateInformationUnitTests {
 		assertThat(updateInformation.getProjectVersionToSet(Projects.JPA).toString()).isEqualTo("1.10.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void milestoneReposContainedForMilestoneRelease() {
+
+		UpdateInformation updateInformation = UpdateInformation.of(hopperM1, Phase.PREPARE);
+
+		assertThat(updateInformation.getRepositories()).containsOnly(Repository.MILESTONE);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void noReposContainedForGaRelease() {
+
+		UpdateInformation updateInformation = UpdateInformation.of(new TrainIteration(ReleaseTrains.HOPPER, Iteration.GA),
+				Phase.PREPARE);
+
+		assertThat(updateInformation.getRepositories()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void cleanupSetsMilestoneAndSnapshotRepos() {
+
+		UpdateInformation updateInformation = UpdateInformation.of(new TrainIteration(ReleaseTrains.HOPPER, Iteration.GA),
+				Phase.CLEANUP);
+
+		assertThat(updateInformation.getRepositories()).contains(Repository.MILESTONE, Repository.SNAPSHOT);
+	}
+
 	@Test // #155
 	void calculatesProjectCalverVersionToSetCorrectly() {
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/sample-pom.xml b/src/test/resources/sample-pom.xml
index 43273ee..62ed375 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/sample-pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/sample-pom.xml
@@ -14,18 +14,6 @@
 	<properties>
 		<jar.mainclass>org.springframework.shell.Bootstrap</jar.mainclass>
 	</properties>
-	
-	<profiles>
-		<profile>
-			<id>profile</id>
-			<repositories>
-				<repository>
-					<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-					<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
-				</repository>
-			</repositories>
-		</profile>
-	</profiles>
 
 	<dependencies>
 
@@ -38,7 +26,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
@@ -54,7 +42,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-shell</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.xmlbeam</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>xmlprojector</artifactId>
@@ -67,7 +55,7 @@
 			<version>1.12.4</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
@@ -109,4 +97,4 @@
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>