diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d26ff17..1f3be08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.m2
-          echo "<settings><servers><server><id>github</id><username>x-access-token</username><password>${GITHUB_TOKEN}</password></server></servers></settings>" > ~/.m2/settings.xml
           mvn -B javadoc:javadoc deploy
       - name: Commit javadocs
         run: |
diff --git a/.mvn/settings.xml b/.mvn/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c27c823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<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>github</id>
+          <name>GitHub Maven Packages</name>
+          <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/MilkBowl/github-release/</url>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  
+  <servers>
+  	<server>
+		<id>github</id>
+	    <username>MilkBowl</username>
+	    <password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
+	</server>
+  </servers>
+</settings>
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