diff --git a/update_dependencies.xml b/update_dependencies.xml
index 5db4d4ea680..71c56f5be8d 100644
--- a/update_dependencies.xml
+++ b/update_dependencies.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
     <property name="automerge_dummy" value="This property is used to trick git merge. Do not delete empty lines around."/>
     <property name="ideaVersion" value="172-SNAPSHOT"/>
+    <property name="idea.repository.type" value="snapshots"/> <!-- releases or snapshots -->
     <property name="idea.kotlin.branch" value="rc"/>
 
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
 
     <target name="update" depends="fetch-third-party,fetch-annotations" description="Update dependencies">
         <execute_update_with_idea_maven_artifacts
-            base.url="https://www.jetbrains.com/intellij-repository/snapshots/com/jetbrains/intellij/idea"
+            base.url="https://www.jetbrains.com/intellij-repository/${idea.repository.type}/com/jetbrains/intellij/idea"
             idea.maven.version="${ideaVersion}"/>
     </target>
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 
     <target name="jb_update" depends="fetch-third-party,fetch-annotations" description="Update dependencies for JB local network">
         <execute_update_with_idea_maven_artifacts
-            base.url="http://jetbrains-com-mirror.labs.intellij.net/intellij-repository/snapshots/com/jetbrains/intellij/idea"
+            base.url="http://jetbrains-com-mirror.labs.intellij.net/intellij-repository/${idea.repository.type}/com/jetbrains/intellij/idea"
             idea.maven.version="${ideaVersion}"/>
     </target>