diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 4e6bf93..4fe5ae0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -16,16 +15,30 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
+      - name: Configure Maven settings
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.m2
+          echo '<settings>
+            <servers>
+              <server>
+                <id>github</id>
+                <username>MBenincasa</username>
+                <password>${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}</password>
+              </server>
+            </servers>
+          </settings>' > ~/.m2/settings.xml
+
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn -B package -DskipTests --file pom.xml
 
       - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
         run: mvn deploy -DskipTests --file pom.xml
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}