diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/AbstractSpringJavaPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/AbstractSpringJavaPlugin.groovy
index 629bd470..448e9829 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/AbstractSpringJavaPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/AbstractSpringJavaPlugin.groovy
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSpringJavaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
 	@Override
 	public final void apply(Project project) {
+		initialPlugins(project);
 		PluginManager pluginManager = project.getPluginManager();
 		pluginManager.apply(JavaPlugin.class);
 		pluginManager.apply(ManagementConfigurationPlugin.class)
@@ -69,5 +70,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSpringJavaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		additionalPlugins(project);
 	}
 
+	protected void initialPlugins(Project project) {}
+
 	protected abstract void additionalPlugins(Project project);
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/SpringSamplePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/SpringSamplePlugin.groovy
index f41a0ca8..2aa2a915 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/SpringSamplePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/SpringSamplePlugin.groovy
@@ -30,4 +30,19 @@ public class SpringSamplePlugin extends AbstractSpringJavaPlugin {
             project.sonarqube.skipProject = true
         }
     }
+
+	@Override
+	protected void initialPlugins(Project project) {
+		if (project.hasProperty('springBootVersion')) {
+			String springBootVersion = project.springBootVersion
+
+			if (Utils.isSnapshot(springBootVersion)) {
+				project.ext.forceMavenRepositories = 'snapshot'
+			}
+			else if (Utils.isMilestone(springBootVersion)) {
+				project.ext.forceMavenRepositories = 'milestone'
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/Utils.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/Utils.groovy
index 8f5a6a90..74956be1 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/Utils.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io/spring/gradle/convention/Utils.groovy
@@ -14,16 +14,29 @@ public class Utils {
 
 	static boolean isSnapshot(Project project) {
 		String projectVersion = projectVersion(project)
-		return projectVersion.matches('^.*([.-]BUILD)?-SNAPSHOT$')
+		return isSnapshot(projectVersion)
 	}
 
 	static boolean isMilestone(Project project) {
 		String projectVersion = projectVersion(project)
-		return projectVersion.matches('^.*[.-]M\\d+$') || projectVersion.matches('^.*[.-]RC\\d+$')
+		return isMilestone(projectVersion)
 	}
 
 	static boolean isRelease(Project project) {
-		return !(isSnapshot(project) || isMilestone(project))
+		String projectVersion = projectVersion(project)
+		return isRelease(projectVersion)
+	}
+
+	static boolean isSnapshot(String projectVersion) {
+		return projectVersion.matches('^.*([.-]BUILD)?-SNAPSHOT$')
+	}
+
+	static boolean isMilestone(String projectVersion) {
+		return projectVersion.matches('^.*[.-]M\\d+$') || projectVersion.matches('^.*[.-]RC\\d+$')
+	}
+
+	static boolean isRelease(String projectVersion) {
+		return !(isSnapshot(projectVersion) || isMilestone(projectVersion))
 	}
 
 	private static String projectVersion(Project project) {