diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactory.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactory.java
index d6b6462c75f..0e96288b652 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactory.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public final class RepositoryConfigurationFactory {
 		MavenSettings mavenSettings = new MavenSettingsReader().readSettings();
 		List<RepositoryConfiguration> repositoryConfiguration = new ArrayList<>();
 		repositoryConfiguration.add(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
+		repositoryConfiguration.add(new RepositoryConfiguration("spring-ext-release",
+				URI.create("https://repo.spring.io/ext-release-local"), false));
 		if (!Boolean.getBoolean("disableSpringSnapshotRepos")) {
 			repositoryConfiguration.add(SPRING_MILESTONE);
 			repositoryConfiguration.add(SPRING_SNAPSHOT);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests.java
index dae3305c8ec..ff1a70b6aee 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests {
 			List<RepositoryConfiguration> repositoryConfiguration = RepositoryConfigurationFactory
 					.createDefaultRepositoryConfiguration();
 			assertRepositoryConfiguration(repositoryConfiguration, "central", "local",
-					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone");
+					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone", "spring-ext-release");
 		}, "user.home:src/test/resources/maven-settings/basic");
 	}
 
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public class RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests {
 		SystemProperties.doWithSystemProperties(() -> {
 			List<RepositoryConfiguration> repositoryConfiguration = RepositoryConfigurationFactory
 					.createDefaultRepositoryConfiguration();
-			assertRepositoryConfiguration(repositoryConfiguration, "central", "local");
+			assertRepositoryConfiguration(repositoryConfiguration, "central", "local",
+					"spring-ext-release");
 		}, "user.home:src/test/resources/maven-settings/basic",
 				"disableSpringSnapshotRepos:true");
 	}
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ public class RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests {
 			List<RepositoryConfiguration> repositoryConfiguration = RepositoryConfigurationFactory
 					.createDefaultRepositoryConfiguration();
 			assertRepositoryConfiguration(repositoryConfiguration, "central", "local",
-					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone", "active-by-default");
+					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone", "active-by-default",
+					"spring-ext-release");
 		}, "user.home:src/test/resources/maven-settings/active-profile-repositories");
 	}
 
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ public class RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests {
 			List<RepositoryConfiguration> repositoryConfiguration = RepositoryConfigurationFactory
 					.createDefaultRepositoryConfiguration();
 			assertRepositoryConfiguration(repositoryConfiguration, "central", "local",
-					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone", "active-by-property");
+					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone", "active-by-property",
+					"spring-ext-release");
 		}, "user.home:src/test/resources/maven-settings/active-profile-repositories",
 				"foo:bar");
 	}
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ public class RepositoryConfigurationFactoryTests {
 					.createDefaultRepositoryConfiguration();
 			assertRepositoryConfiguration(repositoryConfiguration, "central", "local",
 					"spring-snapshot", "spring-milestone", "interpolate-releases",
-					"interpolate-snapshots");
+					"interpolate-snapshots", "spring-ext-release");
 		}, "user.home:src/test/resources/maven-settings/active-profile-repositories",
 				"interpolate:true");
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java
index 171b034f6f3..8c4540dc76c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngineTests {
 	private final RepositoryConfiguration springMilestones = new RepositoryConfiguration(
 			"spring-milestones", URI.create("https://repo.spring.io/milestone"), false);
 
+	private final RepositoryConfiguration springExtRelease = new RepositoryConfiguration(
+			"spring-milestones", URI.create("https://repo.spring.io/ext-release-local"),
+			false);
+
 	private AetherGrapeEngine createGrapeEngine(
 			RepositoryConfiguration... additionalRepositories) {
 		List<RepositoryConfiguration> repositoryConfigurations = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngineTests {
 	@Test
 	public void dependencyResolution() {
 		Map<String, Object> args = new HashMap<>();
-		createGrapeEngine(this.springMilestones).grab(args,
+		createGrapeEngine(this.springMilestones, this.springExtRelease).grab(args,
 				createDependency("org.springframework", "spring-jdbc", null));
 		assertThat(this.groovyClassLoader.getURLs()).hasSize(5);
 	}
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngineTests {
 		GroovyClassLoader customClassLoader = new GroovyClassLoader();
 		args.put("classLoader", customClassLoader);
 
-		createGrapeEngine(this.springMilestones).grab(args,
+		createGrapeEngine(this.springMilestones, this.springExtRelease).grab(args,
 				createDependency("org.springframework", "spring-jdbc", null));
 
 		assertThat(this.groovyClassLoader.getURLs().length).isEqualTo(0);