diff --git a/.github/settings.xml b/.github/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bbff6ffb..00000000
--- a/.github/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?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 ccd5cdc1..b3cd675c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v5
     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/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
index 33b031d2..88c4b35b 100644
--- a/.mvn/maven.config
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -1 +1 @@
--Puse-apache-snapshots
+-Puse-apache-snapshots,use-apache-staging
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 94db7915..44d35759 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 // jdk 21 is used for deploy artifacts
-asfMavenTlpStdBuild(jdks:['21'], mavenArgs:'-s .github/settings.xml')
+asfMavenTlpStdBuild(jdks:['21'])
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77cfc4f8..14c7bb95 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1600,6 +1600,35 @@ under the License.</licenseText>
         </pluginRepository>
       </pluginRepositories>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <!-- useful for releasing while voting on Apache parent POM -->
+      <id>use-apache-staging</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>apache.staging</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+          <id>apache.staging</id>
+          <name>Apache Staging Repository</name>
+          <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/</url>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+          <id>apache.staging</id>
+          <name>Apache Staging Repository</name>
+          <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
     <profile>
       <!-- a profile to allow dependabot to manage palantir-java-format version -->
       <id>palantir-javaformat-dependabot</id>