diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 5f5d24a3..c1255349 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
         java-version: '21'
         distribution: 'temurin'
         server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+        server-username: ${{ github.actor }} # Automatically uses the GitHub actor (username)
+        server-password: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }} 
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
 
     - name: Build with Maven