diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 97810ad..8a5e593 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     nbproject/build-impl.xml file. 
 
     -->
-    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.1.0-rc2" />
+    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.1.0" />
     <condition property="ivy.home" value="${env.IVY_HOME}">
       <isset property="env.IVY_HOME" />
     </condition>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
         <mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
         <!-- download Ivy from web site so that it can be used even without any special installation -->
-        <get src="http://insecure.repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" 
+        <get src="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar"
              dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
     </target>
 
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <target name="resolve" description="--> retrieve dependencies with ivy" depends="init-ivy">
+        <ivy:settings file="ivysettings.xml"/>
         <ivy:retrieve />
     </target>
 
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 22d8ba5..cc026f7 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 		<dependency org="commons-cli" name="commons-cli" rev="1.2"/>
 		<dependency org="commons-io" name="commons-io" rev="2.4"/>
     </dependencies>
-</ivy-module>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/ivysettings.xml b/ivysettings.xml
index 0785934..ecb0722 100644
--- a/ivysettings.xml
+++ b/ivysettings.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <ivysettings>
-    <settings defaultResolver="mainchain" />
-	<resolvers>
-		<chain name="mainchain">
-			<ibiblio name="public" m2compatible="true" />
-			<ibiblio name="maven" m2compatible="true" root="http://insecure.repo1.maven.org/maven2/" pattern="[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
-		</chain>
-	</resolvers>
+    <settings defaultResolver="maven-central"/>
+
+    <resolvers>
+        <chain name="maven-central">
+            <ibiblio name="central" m2compatible="true" root="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
+        </chain>
+    </resolvers>
 </ivysettings>
+