diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
index c216550..130d013 100644
--- a/settings.xml
+++ b/settings.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>jboss-public-repository</id>
       <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
         <property>
           <name>jboss-public-repository</name>
           <value>!false</value>
diff --git a/testsuite/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/seam/international/test/util/Libraries.java b/testsuite/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/seam/international/test/util/Libraries.java
index c281076..afe20e5 100644
--- a/testsuite/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/seam/international/test/util/Libraries.java
+++ b/testsuite/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/seam/international/test/util/Libraries.java
@@ -92,10 +92,12 @@ public static Collection<JavaArchive> solderLibraryWithTransitives() {
 
     private static Collection<JavaArchive> getLib(String artifact, boolean strictFilter) {
         if (!libs.containsKey(artifact)) {
-            MavenDependencyResolver res = DependencyResolvers.use(MavenDependencyResolver.class).loadReposFromPom("pom.xml")
+            MavenDependencyResolver res = DependencyResolvers.use(MavenDependencyResolver.class)
+                    .configureFrom("../../settings.xml")
+                    .loadReposFromPom("pom.xml")
                     .artifact(artifact);
             libs.put(artifact, strictFilter ? res.resolveAs(JavaArchive.class, new StrictFilter()) : res.resolveAs(JavaArchive.class));
         }
         return libs.get(artifact);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}