tests.username and tests.password need to be configured in your ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <settings> ... <profiles> <profile> <id>amenlib-properties</id> <properties> <tests.username>email@some.domain</tests.username> <tests.password>mypass</tests.password> </properties> </profile> </profiles> ... <activeProfiles> <activeProfile>amenlib-properties</activeProfile> </activeProfiles> </setting>