diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a5dcfa65c41653f6dbfbf2c360a18df1bcb0cd32..3f6d2b7b6fcc6cfe65a5ff4bd1196be05a358a11 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ download_jar:
   stage: prepare
   image: maven:3.9.5-ibm-semeru-17-focal
   script:
-    - mvn --settings ci_settings.xml dependency:get -Dartifact=org.etsi.osl.tmf.api:org.etsi.osl.tmf.api:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT -Ddest=target/
+    - mvn -s ci_settings.xml dependency:get -Dartifact=org.etsi.osl.tmf.api:org.etsi.osl.tmf.api:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT -Ddest=target/
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - target/org.etsi.osl.tmf.api-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT-exec.jar
diff --git a/ci_settings.xml b/ci_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69ad06ed6c63795d191555afde6ea2d1da4e133d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>gitlab-maven</id>
+      <configuration>
+        <httpHeaders>
+          <property>
+            <name>Job-Token</name>
+            <value>${CI_JOB_TOKEN}</value>
+          </property>
+        </httpHeaders>
+      </configuration>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+</settings>