diff --git a/.github/settings.xml b/.github/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbff6ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0">
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>rao</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>rao</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository><!-- useful for releasing while voting on Apache parent POM -->
+          <id>repository.apache.org</id>
+          <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/</url>
+          <layout>default</layout>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</settings>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 6ef443c6..de8e85dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
     with:
+      # to be able to use staging Apache parent POM
+      maven-args: "-s .github/settings.xml"
       ff-site-goal: 'site'
       matrix-enabled: false
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 44d35759..94db7915 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 // jdk 21 is used for deploy artifacts
-asfMavenTlpStdBuild(jdks:['21'])
+asfMavenTlpStdBuild(jdks:['21'], mavenArgs:'-s .github/settings.xml')