diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 12df014..0c59503 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ jobs:
     concurrency: ci-${{ github.ref }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup SSH Agent
+        uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0
+        with:
+          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.GS_MAVEN_HTTPPROXY_KEY }}
+      - name: Trust Maven Host
+        run: ssh-keyscan -H maven.geo-solutions.it >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
       - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
@@ -42,14 +48,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           server-id: geosolutions
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
-          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
       - name: Publish package
         run: |
-          # Setup SSH keys for SFTP
-          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-          # add geo-solutions.it to known hosts to avoid prompts
-          ssh-keyscan -H maven.geo-solutions.it >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
           mvn -B clean install deploy
         env:
-          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GS_MAVEN_USERNAME }}
-          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GS_MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GS_MAVEN_HTTPPROXY_USERNAME }}
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef7740e..9f6029b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <repository>
         <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
         <id>geosolutions</id>
-        <url>sftp://maven.geo-solutions.it</url>
+        <url>scpexe://maven.geo-solutions.it</url>
       </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 		<extensions>
 			<extension>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-				<artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
+				<artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
 				<version>3.5.3</version>
 			</extension>
 		</extensions>