diff --git a/jjb/onos/onos-release-build.sh b/jjb/onos/onos-release-build.sh
index c45a20d..3ab3f16 100644
--- a/jjb/onos/onos-release-build.sh
+++ b/jjb/onos/onos-release-build.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
 
 env
 
+git config user.email "jenkins@onosproject.org"
+git config user.name "ONOS Jenkins User"
+
 # run the build
 onos-build-and-upload ${ONOS_VERSION} ${ONOS_NEXT_VERSION} ${GERRIT_BRANCH}
diff --git a/jjb/onos/onos-verify.yaml b/jjb/onos/onos-verify.yaml
index df36153..bee0449 100644
--- a/jjb/onos/onos-verify.yaml
+++ b/jjb/onos/onos-verify.yaml
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
     <<: *release_build_boiler_plate
 
     builders:
+      - lf-provide-maven-settings:
+          settings-file: 'release-build-maven-settings'
+          global-settings-file: 'release-build-maven-settings'
       - config-file-provider:
           files:
             - file-id: 'onos-build-credentials'
@@ -285,6 +288,9 @@
             - file-id: 'secring.gpg.b64'
               target: 'secring.gpg.b64'
               variable: 'GPG_B64_FILE'
+            - file-id: 'secring.gpg.b64'
+              target: 'secring.gpg.b64'
+              variable: 'GPG_B64_FILE'
 
     #put shell scripts in file then make sure shell check is installed on verify vms
       - shell: !include-raw-escape: onos-release-build.sh