diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtil.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtil.java
index 42646dc7171f..6eb29444500f 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtil.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.xml.NanoXmlUtil;
 import gnu.trove.THashSet;
 import icons.MavenIcons;
 import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.JDOMException;
 import org.jdom.Namespace;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -743,11 +744,7 @@ public class MavenUtil {
   @Nullable
   public static String getRepositoryFromSettings(final File file) {
     try {
-      Element fileElement = JDOMUtil.load(file);
-      Element repository = fileElement.getChild("localRepository");
-      if (repository == null) {
-        repository = fileElement.getChild("localRepository", Namespace.getNamespace("http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"));
-      }
+      Element repository = getRepositoryElement(file);
 
       if (repository == null) {
         return null;
@@ -763,6 +760,19 @@ public class MavenUtil {
     }
   }
 
+  private static Element getRepositoryElement(File file) throws JDOMException, IOException {
+    Element fileElement = JDOMUtil.load(file);
+
+    Element repository = fileElement.getChild("localRepository");
+    if (repository == null) {
+      repository = fileElement.getChild("localRepository", Namespace.getNamespace("http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"));
+    }
+    if (repository == null) {
+      repository = fileElement.getChild("localRepository", Namespace.getNamespace("http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0"));
+    }
+    return repository;
+  }
+
   public static String expandProperties(String text, Properties props) {
     if (StringUtil.isEmptyOrSpaces(text)) return text;
     for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> each : props.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtilTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtilTest.java
index 21ff3db47f94..d3a08288a943 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtilTest.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenUtilTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class MavenUtilTest extends MavenTestCase {
 
-  public void testFindLocalRepo() throws IOException {
+  public void testFindLocalRepoSchema10() throws IOException {
     VirtualFile file = createProjectSubFile("testsettings.xml", "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
                                                                 "<settings xmlns=\"http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0\"\n" +
                                                                 "          xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"\n" +
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ public class MavenUtilTest extends MavenTestCase {
     assertEquals("mytestpath", MavenUtil.getRepositoryFromSettings(new File(file.getPath())));
   }
 
+  public void testFindLocalRepoSchema11() throws IOException {
+    VirtualFile file = createProjectSubFile("testsettings.xml", "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
+                                                                "<settings xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd\"\n" +
+                                                                "          xmlns=\"http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0\"\n" +
+                                                                "          xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
+                                                                "  <localRepository>mytestpath</localRepository>" +
+                                                                "</settings>");
+    assertEquals("mytestpath", MavenUtil.getRepositoryFromSettings(new File(file.getPath())));
+  }
+
   public void testFindLocalRepoWithoutXmls() throws IOException {
     VirtualFile file = createProjectSubFile("testsettings.xml", "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
                                                                 "<settings>" +