diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58ebbb1..37305d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <!-- override the parent's directory to point to the canonical place, and use https. -->
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>google-snapshots</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>extensions</module>