diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 71388a42fc..f020aeb1f9 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ parsed as `ASTCursorSpecification`.
 *   [#2340](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2340): \[plsql] fix for parsing / as divide or execute - [Piotr Szymanski](https://github.com/szyman23)
 *   [#2342](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2342): \[xml] Update property used in example - [Piotrek Żygieło](https://github.com/pzygielo)
 *   [#2344](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2344): \[doc] Update ruleset examples for ant - [Piotrek Żygieło](https://github.com/pzygielo)
+*   [#2343](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2343): \[ci] Disable checking for snapshots in jcenter - [Piotrek Żygieło](https://github.com/pzygielo)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a479a8f7c6..55a48accc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -852,6 +852,9 @@
         <pluginRepository>
             <id>jcenter</id>
             <name>JCenter</name>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
             <url>https://jcenter.bintray.com/</url>
         </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>