diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-openmrs-backend-docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-openmrs-backend-docker-image.yml
index e7c2dcb..c766ed8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-openmrs-backend-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-openmrs-backend-docker-image.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Set up Java 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
+          java-version: 11
+          server-id: openmrs-module-fhir2extension # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
@@ -49,3 +56,5 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          secret-files: |
+            "m2settings=~/.m2/settings.xml"  
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 2f2cc4d..c473d92 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
 ### Dev Stage
-FROM maven:3.8-amazoncorretto-8 AS dev
+FROM maven:3.8-amazoncorretto-11 AS dev
 WORKDIR /openmrs_distro
 RUN mkdir -p /openmrs/distribution/openmrs_core/
 
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ COPY distro.properties ./
 COPY module-create-users ./module-create-users
 
 # Build the distro, but only deploy from the amd64 build
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2 mvn clean install
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/share/maven/ref/repository --mount=type=secret,id=m2settings,target=/usr/share/maven/ref/settings-docker.xml \
+    mvn -s /usr/share/maven/ref/settings-docker.xml \
+    -Dmaven.repo.local=/usr/share/maven/ref/repository \
+    clean install
 
 RUN cp /openmrs_distro/target/sdk-distro/web/openmrs.war /openmrs/distribution/openmrs_core/
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8ff5f2d..b05d4fb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ services:
 #    image: ghcr.io/icrc/openmrs-distro-sso/openmrs-backend-2.5.13:latest
     build:
       context: backend
+      secrets:
+        - m2settings
     ports:
       - "5005:5005"
     restart: "unless-stopped"
@@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ services:
 #      KC_HOSTNAME: 10.0.2.2
     command: ["start-dev"]
 
+secrets:
+  m2settings:
+    file: $HOME/.m2/settings.xml
+
 volumes:
   openmrs-data: ~
   db-data: ~