diff --git a/m2e-maven-runtime/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml b/m2e-maven-runtime/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml
index 9b1e605..f457a52 100644
--- a/m2e-maven-runtime/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/m2e-maven-runtime/org.eclipse.m2e.maven.runtime/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
          bundle. So the developer must go to the <_exportcontents> section of this file and modify
          version of the org.eclipse.aether packages accordingly
          https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=529540 -->
-    <maven-core.version>3.6.2</maven-core.version>
+    <maven-core.version>3.6.3</maven-core.version>
     <!-- below are m2e-specific addons -->
     <plexus-build-api.version>0.0.7</plexus-build-api.version>
     <okhttp-connector.version>0.17.6</okhttp-connector.version>
diff --git a/m2e-maven-runtime/pom.xml b/m2e-maven-runtime/pom.xml
index a36dfa8..a6b29fd 100644
--- a/m2e-maven-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/m2e-maven-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -214,12 +214,4 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>maven-3.6.2-staging</id>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1529/</url>
-      <layout>default</layout>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
 </project>