diff --git a/idea/customization/base/src/OpenIdeExternalResourceUrls.kt b/idea/customization/base/src/OpenIdeExternalResourceUrls.kt
index 7220fc6e19de..f7dc14456139 100644
--- a/idea/customization/base/src/OpenIdeExternalResourceUrls.kt
+++ b/idea/customization/base/src/OpenIdeExternalResourceUrls.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ class OpenIdeExternalResourceUrls : ExternalProductResourceUrls {
 
   private val productUrl = Urls.newFromEncoded("https://openide.ru")
 
-  override val updateMetadataUrl = productUrl.resolve("update/updates.xml")
+  override val updateMetadataUrl: Url
+    get() = System.getProperty("idea.updates.url", "https://download.openide.ru/updates/updates.xml")
+      .let { Urls.newFromEncoded(it) }
 
   override fun computePatchUrl(from: BuildNumber, to: BuildNumber): Url =
     Urls.newFromEncoded("https://download.openide.ru/ide").resolve(computePatchFileName(from, to))