diff --git a/mvnw b/mvnw
index e96ccd5fb..25f750cb4 100755
--- a/mvnw
+++ b/mvnw
@@ -54,16 +54,38 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
-    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
-    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
-      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
-      else
-        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
-      fi
-    fi
-    ;;
+           #
+           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
+           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
+           #
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
+             #
+             # Apple JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
+           fi
+
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
+             #
+             # Apple JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
+           fi
+
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
+             #
+             # Oracle JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
+           fi
+
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+             #
+             # Apple JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
+           fi
+           ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -108,7 +130,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -162,28 +184,27 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-
-  if [ -z "$1" ]
-  then
-    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  basedir="$1"
-  wdir="$1"
+  local basedir=$(pwd)
+  local wdir=$(pwd)
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
-    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
-      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
-    fi
-    # end of workaround
+    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -195,33 +216,38 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
-if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
-  exit 1;
-fi
-
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
-if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
-  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
-fi
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
-    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
-fi
+# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
+# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
+MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
+export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
+echo "Running version check"
+VERSION=$( sed '\!<parent!,\!</parent!d' `dirname $0`/pom.xml | grep '<version' | head -1 | sed -e 's/.*<version>//' -e 's!</version>.*$!!' )
+echo "The found version is [${VERSION}]"
+
+if echo $VERSION | egrep -q 'M|RC'; then
+    echo Activating \"milestone\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q milestone || MAVEN_ARGS="$MAVEN_ARGS -Pmilestone"
+else
+    echo Deactivating \"milestone\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q milestone && MAVEN_ARGS=$(echo $MAVEN_ARGS | sed -e 's/-Pmilestone//')
+fi
+
+if echo $VERSION | egrep -q 'RELEASE'; then
+    echo Activating \"central\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q milestone || MAVEN_ARGS="$MAVEN_ARGS -Pcentral"
+else
+    echo Deactivating \"central\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q central && MAVEN_ARGS=$(echo $MAVEN_ARGS | sed -e 's/-Pcentral//')
+fi
+
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} ${MAVEN_ARGS} "$@"