diff --git a/project/Paradox.scala b/project/Paradox.scala
index 83e65813b9..6009138c06 100644
--- a/project/Paradox.scala
+++ b/project/Paradox.scala
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ object Paradox {
       "fault-tolerance-sample.html"))
 
   val themeSettings = Seq(
-    // allow access to snapshots for pekko-sbt-paradox
+    // TODO: allow access to snapshots for pekko-sbt-paradox, remove when pekko is released
     resolvers += Resolver.ApacheMavenSnapshotsRepo,
+    updateOptions := updateOptions.value.withLatestSnapshots(false),
     pekkoParadoxGithub := Some("https://github.com/apache/incubator-pekko"))
 
   // FIXME https://github.com/lightbend/paradox/issues/350
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f4bc6b2b14..2501be58a2 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-license-report" % "1.5.0")
 
 // allow access to snapshots for pekko-sbt-paradox
 resolvers += Resolver.ApacheMavenSnapshotsRepo
+updateOptions := updateOptions.value.withLatestSnapshots(false)
 
 // We have to deliberately use older versions of sbt-paradox because current Pekko sbt build
 // only loads on JDK 1.8 so we need to bring in older versions of parboiled which support JDK 1.8