diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-publish-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/java-publish-snapshot.yml
index 031e5fe5333..1533ae9cf62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-publish-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-publish-snapshot.yml
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ jobs:
           ASF_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USER }}
           ASF_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PW }}
         run: |
-          echo "<settings><servers><server><id>apache.snapshots.https</id><username>$ASF_USERNAME</username><password>$ASF_PASSWORD</password></server></servers></settings>" > settings.xml
-          mvn --settings settings.xml -U -B -e -fae -ntp -PskipQuality deploy
+          echo "<settings><servers><server><id>apache.snapshots.https</id><username>$ASF_USERNAME</username><password>$ASF_PASSWORD</password></server></servers></settings>" > ${runner.temp}/settings.xml
+          mvn --settings ${runner.temp}/settings.xml -U -B -e -fae -ntp -PskipQuality deploy