diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml
index b0f83af..e76b595 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ jobs:
         architecture: x64
         java-version: 11
 
+    - name: maven-settings-xml-action
+      uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v14
+      with:
+        repositories: '[{ "id": "sonatype", "url": "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/", "releases": {"enabled": "false"}, "snapshots": {"enabled": "true" }}]'
+
     - name: "Maven Verify"
       if: ${{ github.event.repository.fork == true }}
       run: mvn -B -e verify