diff --git a/.github/maven/settings.xml b/.github/maven/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6454386e..00000000
--- a/.github/maven/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<settings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
-                          https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-  <servers>
-    <server>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <username>${env.OSSRH_USER}</username>
-      <password>${env.OSSRH_TOKEN}</password>
-    </server>
-    <server>
-      <id>github</id>
-      <username>${env.GITHUB_ACTOR}</username>
-      <password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
-    </server>
-  </servers>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml
index 01b42333..a5e4e436 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,33 @@ jobs:
         with:
           key-suffix: '-deploy'
           additional-path: '!~/.m2/repository/com/github/gantsign/maven'
+      - name: Configure maven settings.xml
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.m2
+          cat << 'EOF' > ~/.m2/settings.xml
+          <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+          <settings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+              xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+              xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
+                                  https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+            <servers>
+              <server>
+                <id>ossrh</id>
+                <username>${env.OSSRH_USER}</username>
+                <password>${env.OSSRH_TOKEN}</password>
+              </server>
+              <server>
+                <id>github</id>
+                <username>${env.GITHUB_ACTOR}</username>
+                <password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
+              </server>
+            </servers>
+          </settings>
+          EOF
       - name: Deploy with Maven
         run: |
           ./mvnw deploy \
-              --settings .github/maven/settings.xml \
               -P publish-artifacts,sign-artifacts,ossrh-deploy \
               -DskipTests \
               -Dinvoker.skip=true \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0bfeec95..7cb273a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy Maven site
         run: |
           ./mvnw scm-publish:publish-scm \
-              --settings .github/maven/settings.xml \
               -P gh-pages \
               -DskipTests \
               -Dinvoker.skip=true \