diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c016f836f..edcac69b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           ver=$(./gradlew properties -q | grep "version:" | awk '{print $2}')
           if [[ $ver == *"SNAPSHOT"* ]] 
           then
-              ./gradlew publish -PgluonNexusDeployUsername=NEXUS_USERNAME -PgluonNexusDeployPassword=NEXUS_PASSWORD
+              ./gradlew publish -PgluonNexusDeployUsername=$NEXUS_USERNAME -PgluonNexusDeployPassword=$NEXUS_PASSWORD
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1cd542f20..794edb699 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           ver=$(./gradlew properties -q | grep "version:" | awk '{print $2}')
           if [[ $ver != *"SNAPSHOT"* ]] 
           then
-              ./gradlew publish -PgluonNexusDeployUsername=NEXUS_USERNAME -PgluonNexusDeployPassword=NEXUS_PASSWORD
+              ./gradlew publish -PgluonNexusDeployUsername=$NEXUS_USERNAME -PgluonNexusDeployPassword=$NEXUS_PASSWORD
           fi
         shell: bash
         env: