diff --git a/scripts/start-rc.bat b/scripts/start-rc.bat
index f01574e377..454c7e4e98 100755
--- a/scripts/start-rc.bat
+++ b/scripts/start-rc.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set HAZELCAST_TEST_VERSION=%HZ_VERSION%
 set HAZELCAST_ENTERPRISE_VERSION=%HZ_VERSION%
 set HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION=0.8-SNAPSHOT
 set SNAPSHOT_REPO=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots
-set RELEASE_REPO=http://repo1.maven.apache.org/maven2
+set RELEASE_REPO=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2
 set ENTERPRISE_RELEASE_REPO=https://repository.hazelcast.com/release/
 set ENTERPRISE_SNAPSHOT_REPO=https://repository.hazelcast.com/snapshot/
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if exist "hazelcast-remote-controller-%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION%.jar" (
     echo "hazelcast-remote-controller-%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION%.jar already exist, not downloading from maven."
 ) else (
     echo "Downloading: remote-controller jar com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION%"
-    call mvn -q org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.10:get -Dtransitive=false -DremoteRepositories=%SNAPSHOT_REPO% -Dartifact=com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION% -Ddest=hazelcast-remote-controller-%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION%.jar || (
+    call mvn -q org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.10:get -Dtransitive=false -DremoteRepositories=%ENTERPRISE_SNAPSHOT_REPO% -Dartifact=com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION% -Ddest=hazelcast-remote-controller-%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION%.jar || (
         echo "Failed download remote-controller jar com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:%HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION%" 
         exit /b 1
     )
diff --git a/scripts/start-rc.sh b/scripts/start-rc.sh
index 4bdfac9a3f..ddb1e0685f 100755
--- a/scripts/start-rc.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-rc.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ HAZELCAST_TEST_VERSION=${HZ_VERSION}
 HAZELCAST_ENTERPRISE_VERSION=${HZ_VERSION}
 HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION=0.8-SNAPSHOT
 SNAPSHOT_REPO="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
-RELEASE_REPO="http://repo1.maven.apache.org/maven2"
+RELEASE_REPO="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2"
 ENTERPRISE_RELEASE_REPO="https://repository.hazelcast.com/release/"
 ENTERPRISE_SNAPSHOT_REPO="https://repository.hazelcast.com/snapshot/"
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 if [ -f "hazelcast-remote-controller-${HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION}.jar" ]; then
     echo "remote controller already exist, not downloading from maven."
 else
-    downloadFromMaven ${SNAPSHOT_REPO} "com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:${HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION}"
+    downloadFromMaven ${ENTERPRISE_SNAPSHOT_REPO} "com.hazelcast:hazelcast-remote-controller:${HAZELCAST_RC_VERSION}"
 fi
 
 if [ -f "hazelcast-${HAZELCAST_TEST_VERSION}-tests.jar" ]; then