diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 191769767..4a6968dbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.m2/*
 target/*
 .settings/*
 .classpath
diff --git a/ci-settings.xml b/ci-settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63aafd33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+ <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>${env.CI_JOB_TOKEN}</value>
+           </property>
+           <property>
+             <name>Registry</name>
+             <value>${env.CI_REGISTRY}</value>
+           </property>
+         </httpHeaders>
+       </configuration>
+     </server>
+   </servers>
+ </settings>
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