diff --git a/java-devel/Dockerfile b/java-devel/Dockerfile
index 9b3a0e365..d4238870c 100644
--- a/java-devel/Dockerfile
+++ b/java-devel/Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ RUN microdnf update && \
 
 ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-${PRODUCT}
 
+COPY --chown=stackable:0 java-devel/stackable/settings.xml /stackable/.m2/settings.xml
+
 # Mitigation for CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell)
 # This variable is supported as of Log4j version 2.10 and
 # disables the vulnerable feature
diff --git a/java-devel/stackable/settings.xml b/java-devel/stackable/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cee0ee37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-devel/stackable/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>stackable</id>
+      <properties>
+        <!--
+        This is to work around an issue where Maven builds in Github Actions would randomly fail.
+        There is some evidence that points at Azure networking as the root cause where it closes idle connections (silently) after 4 minutes.
+        Maven would then sometimes reuse an "old" connection from its connection pool and would encounter issues due to these connection closures.
+        This patch changes the TTL for the connections to a lower value than 4 minutes (240s), the default is 300s (5min).
+
+        There are two properties here because sometimes in November 2023 the name was changed.
+        The new name will only take effect as of Maven 4, but it doesn't hurt to add it here already, therefore, we just add both properties here.
+        https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRESOLVER-440
+        -->
+
+        <!-- Old name: maven-resolver 1.x, Maven 3.x -->
+        <aether.connector.http.connectionMaxTtl>30</aether.connector.http.connectionMaxTtl>
+
+        <!-- New name: maven-resolver 2.x, as of Maven 4.x -->
+        <aether.transport.http.connectionMaxTtl>30</aether.transport.http.connectionMaxTtl>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <!--make the stackable profile active all the time -->
+    <activeProfile>stackable</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>