diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7debcddd7..c020a7ef45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 
     <!-- repostitory libraries -->
     <jgit.version>4.4.0.201606070830-r-scm1</jgit.version>
-    <svnkit.version>1.8.5-scm4</svnkit.version>
+    <svnkit.version>1.8.14-scm1</svnkit.version>
 
     <!-- util libraries -->
     <guava.version>15.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
index a3df44cf88..1a335fe8f7 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
 
   <repositories>
     
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven.tmatesoft.com</id>
+      <name>tmatesoft release repository</name>
+      <url>https://maven.tmatesoft.com/content/repositories/releases</url>
+    </repository>
+      
     <repository>
       <id>maven.scm-manager.org</id>
       <name>scm-manager release repository</name>
diff --git a/scm-test/pom.xml b/scm-test/pom.xml
index e710891aed..81bb804e25 100644
--- a/scm-test/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-test/pom.xml
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@
 
   </dependencies>
   
-  <!-- for jgit -->
+  <!-- for svnkit and jgit -->
   
   <repositories>
+      
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven.tmatesoft.com</id>
+      <name>tmatesoft release repository</name>
+      <url>https://maven.tmatesoft.com/content/repositories/releases</url>
+    </repository>
     
     <repository>
       <id>jgit-repository</id>