Maven3 does not update repository to latest plugins

Maven update for plugins (--update-plugins) does not work in maven3. No way to get latest file
https://bg.reveredata.com/maven2/com/revere/maven/plugins/rdbds-maven-plugin/maven-metadata.xml
only one solution - exact version to specify, but in this case maven-metadata.xml is not updated even new plugin is downloaded and used on launch.

Details:
https://cwiki.apache.org/MAVEN/maven-3x-compatibility-notes.html#Maven3.xCompatibilityNotes-UniqueSnapshotVersionsandClassifiers
- "Automatic Plugin Version Resolution"
- "Plugin Metaversion Resolution"

Ubuntu 12.04: Virtualbox version is outdated and incompatible with extension pack

Please vote:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1067084

workaround was provided in this issue! look inside that link.