diff --git a/scripts/download-rc.js b/scripts/download-rc.js
index c1fab6227..3d5770c0e 100644
--- a/scripts/download-rc.js
+++ b/scripts/download-rc.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const HAZELCAST_VERSION = HZ_VERSION;
 const HAZELCAST_ENTERPRISE_VERSION = HZ_VERSION;
 const HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION = '0.8-SNAPSHOT';
 const SNAPSHOT_REPO = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots';
-const RELEASE_REPO = 'http://repo1.maven.apache.org/maven2';
+const RELEASE_REPO = 'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2';
 const ENTERPRISE_RELEASE_REPO = 'https://repository.hazelcast.com/release/';
 const ENTERPRISE_SNAPSHOT_REPO = 'https://repository.hazelcast.com/snapshot/';
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const downloadRC = () => {
                 '-q',
                 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.10:get',
                 '-Dtransitive=false',
-                `-DremoteRepositories=${SNAPSHOT_REPO}`,
+                `-DremoteRepositories=${ENTERPRISE_SNAPSHOT_REPO}`,
                 `-Dartifact=com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:${HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION}`,
                 `-Ddest=hazelcast-remote-controller-${HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION}.jar`
             ], {