diff --git a/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/resolve/GrailsRepoResolver.java b/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/resolve/GrailsRepoResolver.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/resolve/GrailsRepoResolver.java
+++ b/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/resolve/GrailsRepoResolver.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class GrailsRepoResolver extends URLResolver{
     public String transformGrailsRepositoryPattern(ModuleRevisionId mrid, String pattern) {
         final String revision = mrid.getRevision();
         String versionTag;
-        if (revision.equals("latest.integration") || revision.equals("latest")) {
+        if (revision.equals("latest.integration") || revision.equals("latest")|| revision.equals("latest.release")) {
             versionTag = "LATEST_RELEASE";
         }
         else {
fix for GRAILS-<I> "latest.release in plugin does not work in <I> RC2 against main grails repo"