diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploySettings.xml b/.github/workflows/deploySettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e6213b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploySettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
+                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>github</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>github</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>central</id>
+          <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>github</id>
+          <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY</url>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>github</id>
+      <username>${github.user}</username>
+      <password>${github.token}</password>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+</settings>
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releaseToGithubPackages.yml b/.github/workflows/releaseToGithubPackages.yml
index 4386107a..fa42270e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releaseToGithubPackages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaseToGithubPackages.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'temurin'
+          server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+          settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
       - name: Publish package
-        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
+        run: ./mvnw -s "${{ github.workspace }}/scriptsAndTools/internalOrCiOnly/deploySettings.xml" deploy -Dgithub.user=$GITHUB_USER -Dgithub.token=$GITHUB_TOKEN
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+	  GITHUB_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_REPO_USER }}
+   	  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}