hack to build against a sonatype release before its been sync'd...

settings.xml

    ...
    <profile>
      <id>sonatypeReleases</id>
      <repositories>
			<repository>
        <id>releases.sonatype.org</id>
        <name>SonaType Releases</name>
        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
		    </repository>
      </repositories>
      <pluginRepositories>
		    <pluginRepository>
          <id>releases.sonatype.org</id>
          <name>SonaType Releases</name>
          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
		      <snapshots>
		        <enabled>false</enabled>
		      </snapshots>
		      <releases>
		        <enabled>true</enabled>
		      </releases>
		    </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>
    ...
    <activeProfiles>
      <activeProfile>sonatypeReleases</activeProfile>
      ...
    </activeProfiles>
</settings>