diff --git a/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml b/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml
index e27c579cf6d..99d8b1a4b01 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ under the License.
  | values (values used when the setting is not specified) are provided.
  |
  |-->
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.2.0"
           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.2.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.2.0.xsd">
   <!-- localRepository
    | The path to the local repository maven will use to store artifacts.
    |
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ under the License.
       <url>http://my.repository.com/repo/path</url>
     </mirror>
      -->
+    <mirror>
+      <id>maven-default-http-blocker</id>
+      <mirrorOf>external:http:*</mirrorOf>
+      <name>Pseudo repository to mirror external repositories initially using HTTP.</name>
+      <url>http://0.0.0.0/</url>
+      <blocked>true</blocked>
+    </mirror>
   </mirrors>
 
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