diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50d6d1b0e..ed9bf98c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ steps:
 result will be:
 
 ```xml
-<server>
+<servers><server>
     <id>serverId</id>
     <configuration>
       <item1>value1</item1>
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ steps:
     repositories: '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
 ```
 
+## ```settings.xml``` with custom plugin repositories
+```yml
+steps:
+- uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v3.0.0
+  with:
+    pluginRepositories: '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
+```
+
 
 ## GitHub actions secrets
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4347df6de..591ae43ea 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ inputs:
   repositories:
     description: 'list of custom repositories as json array, e.g: [{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
     required: false
+  pluginRepositories:
+    description: 'list of custom plugin repositories as json array, e.g: [{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
+    required: false
 
 runs:
   using: 'node20'
diff --git a/cleanup.test.js b/cleanup.test.js
index b518e01c9..8b79694cf 100644
--- a/cleanup.test.js
+++ b/cleanup.test.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ afterAll(() => {
     }
 
     try {
-        fs.rmdirSync(testHomePath);
+        fs.rmSync(testHomePath, { recursive: true });
     } catch (error) {
     }
 });
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index fd9e1fb6e..eefa56eca 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ afterAll(() => {
     }
 
     try {
-        fs.rmdirSync(testHomePath);
+        fs.rmSync(testHomePath, { recursive: true });
     } catch (error) {
     }
 });
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ test('run with all feature', () => {
     process.env['INPUT_SONATYPESNAPSHOTS'] = true;
     process.env['INPUT_ORACLEREPO'] = true;
     process.env['INPUT_REPOSITORIES'] = '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
+    process.env['INPUT_PLUGINREPOSITORIES'] = '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
 
     cp.spawnSync('node', [ `${indexPath}` ], { env: process.env, stdio: 'inherit' });
     const settingsStatus = fs.lstatSync(settingsPath);
@@ -213,7 +214,12 @@ test('run with all feature', () => {
      <url>url</url>
      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
  </repository></repositories>
-    <pluginRepositories/>
+    <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository>
+     <id>repoId</id>
+     <name>repoName</name>
+     <url>url</url>
+     <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+ </pluginRepository></pluginRepositories>
 </profile></profiles>
     <servers>
 <server>
@@ -265,4 +271,4 @@ test('run with all feature', () => {
     <nonProxyHosts>nonProxyHost</nonProxyHosts>
 </proxy></proxies>
 </settings>`);
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index 64eb4412b..fce67ce3e 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function fillServers(template, templateName) {
             server.configuration));
 }
 
-function fillRepository(templateXml, templateName, id, name, url, snapshots) {
+function fillRepository(templateXml, templateName, id, name, url, releases, snapshots) {
 
     if (!id || !url) {
         core.setFailed(templateName + ' must contain id and url');
@@ -148,22 +148,30 @@ function fillRepository(templateXml, templateName, id, name, url, snapshots) {
         }
     }
 
-    const snapshotsTag = repositoryXml.getElementsByTagName('snapshots')[0];
-    if (snapshots) {
-        jsonToXml(templateXml, snapshotsTag, snapshots);
-    } else {
-        repositoryXml.documentElement.removeChild(snapshotsTag);
+    const additionalTags = {
+        'releases': releases,
+        'snapshots': snapshots
+    };
+    for (const tag in additionalTags) {
+        const repositoryTag = repositoryXml.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0];
+        const tagValue = additionalTags[tag];
+        if (tagValue) {
+            jsonToXml(templateXml, repositoryTag, tagValue);
+        } else {
+            repositoryXml.documentElement.removeChild(repositoryTag);
+        }
     }
 
-    const repositoriesXml = templateXml.getElementsByTagName('repositories')[0];
+    const repositoriesXml = templateXml.getElementsByTagName(templateName)[0];
     repositoriesXml.appendChild(repositoryXml);
 }
 
-function fillRepositories(template, templateName) {
+function fillRepositories(template) {
 
-    const repositories = core.getInput(templateName);
+    const repositories = core.getInput('repositories');
+    const pluginRepositories = core.getInput('pluginRepositories');
 
-    if (!repositories) {
+    if (!repositories && !pluginRepositories) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -172,9 +180,16 @@ function fillRepositories(template, templateName) {
     const profilesXml = template.getElementsByTagName('profiles')[0];
     profilesXml.appendChild(customRepositoriesTemplate);
 
-    JSON.parse(repositories).forEach((repository) =>
-      fillRepository(customRepositoriesTemplate, templateName, repository.id, repository.name, repository.url,
-        repository.snapshots));
+    if (repositories) {
+        JSON.parse(repositories).forEach((repository) =>
+            fillRepository(customRepositoriesTemplate, 'repositories',
+                repository.id, repository.name, repository.url, repository.releases, repository.snapshots));
+    }
+    if (pluginRepositories) {
+        JSON.parse(pluginRepositories).forEach((repository) =>
+            fillRepository(customRepositoriesTemplate, 'pluginRepositories',
+                repository.id, repository.name, repository.url, repository.releases, repository.snapshots));
+    }
 }
 
 function fillMirror(template, id, name, mirrorOf, url) {
@@ -328,7 +343,7 @@ function generate() {
     addApacheSnapshots(settingsXml);
     addSonatypeSnapshots(settingsXml);
     addOracleRepo(settingsXml);
-    fillRepositories(settingsXml,'repositories')
+    fillRepositories(settingsXml)
     writeSettings(settingsPath, settingsXml);
     core.saveState('maven-settings', 'ok');
 }
diff --git a/settings.test.js b/settings.test.js
index b46702f34..0c0a4f4e9 100644
--- a/settings.test.js
+++ b/settings.test.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ afterAll(() => {
     }
 
     try {
-        fs.rmdirSync(testHomePath);
+        fs.rmSync(testHomePath, { recursive: true });
     } catch (error) {
     }
 });
@@ -841,17 +841,60 @@ test('addCustomRepositories - one with snapshots one without', () => {
      <id>repoId</id>
      <name>repoName</name>
      <url>url</url>
+     
      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
  </repository> <repository>
      <id>repoId2</id>
      
      <url>url2</url>
      
+     
  </repository></repositories>
     <pluginRepositories/>
 </profile></profiles>`);
 });
 
+test('addCustomPluginRepositories - one with releases and snapshots one without', () => {
+
+    process.env['INPUT_PLUGINREPOSITORIES'] = `
+      [{"id":"repoId",
+        "name":"repoName",
+        "url":"url",
+        "releases":{"enabled":false},
+        "snapshots":{"enabled":true}
+       },{
+        "id":"repoId2",
+        "url":"url2"
+      }]`
+
+    const xml = stringAsXml('<profiles/>');
+
+    settings.fillRepositories(xml,'pluginRepositories');
+
+    const xmlStr = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(xml);
+    expect(xmlStr).toBe(`<profiles>
+<profile>
+    <id>_custom_repositories_</id>
+    <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+    </activation>
+    <repositories/>
+    <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository>
+     <id>repoId</id>
+     <name>repoName</name>
+     <url>url</url>
+     <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
+     <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+ </pluginRepository> <pluginRepository>
+     <id>repoId2</id>
+     
+     <url>url2</url>
+     
+     
+ </pluginRepository></pluginRepositories>
+</profile></profiles>`);
+});
+
 test('addCustomRepositories - fail if url is missing', () => {
 
     process.env['INPUT_REPOSITORIES'] = '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName"}]'
@@ -876,4 +919,4 @@ test('addCustomRepositories - fail if url is missing', () => {
           expect.stringMatching(/::error::repositories must contain id and url/)
       ])
     );
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/templates/pluginRepositories.xml b/templates/pluginRepositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee34e39d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/pluginRepositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ <pluginRepository>
+     <id/>
+     <name/>
+     <url/>
+     <releases/>
+     <snapshots/>
+ </pluginRepository>
diff --git a/templates/repositories.xml b/templates/repositories.xml
index 220972f49..4f98b355c 100644
--- a/templates/repositories.xml
+++ b/templates/repositories.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
      <id/>
      <name/>
      <url/>
+     <releases/>
      <snapshots/>
- </repository>
\ No newline at end of file
+ </repository>