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+<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>central</id>
+                    <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+                    <releases>
+                        <enabled>true</enabled>
+                    </releases>
+                    <snapshots>
+                        <enabled>true</enabled>
+                    </snapshots>
+                </repository>
+                <repository>
+                    <id>github</id>
+                    <name>GitHub OWNER Apache Maven Packages</name>
+                    <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/cyface-de </url>
+                </repository>
+            </repositories>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <username>${env.GITHUB_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>