diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml b/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
index 0403272be8..ff86806cc0 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ buildchain_config:
     file_path: .ci/buildchain-config.yaml
     token_credentials_id: kie-ci3-token
 maven:
-  settings_file_id: kie-release-settings
+  settings:
+    nightly:
+      config_file_id: kie-nightly-settings
+    release:
+      config_file_id: kie-release-settings
   nexus:
     release_url: TO_DEFINE
     release_repository: TO_DEFINE
@@ -75,8 +79,12 @@ maven:
     build_promotion_profile_id: TO_DEFINE
   artifacts_repository: ''
   artifacts_upload_repository:
-    url: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots
-    creds_id: apache-nexus-kie-deploy-credentials
+    nightly:
+      url: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots
+      creds_id: apache-nexus-kie-deploy-credentials
+    release:
+      url: https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2
+      creds_id: jenkins-deploy-to-nexus-staging
 cloud:
   image:
     registry_user_credentials_id: DOCKERHUB_USER
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
index d189091f68..cb3731a4da 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void setupProjectDroolsJob(String droolsBranch) {
         JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID: "${JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID}",
         NOTIFICATION_JOB_NAME: 'Drools snapshot check',
         DROOLS_BRANCH: droolsBranch,
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
 
         GIT_AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
     ])
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void setupProjectNightlyJob() {
         GIT_AUTHOR: "${GIT_AUTHOR_NAME}",
         GIT_AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
         ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
         OPTAPLANNER_LATEST_STREAM: "${GIT_MAIN_BRANCH}"
     ])
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void setupProjectPostReleaseJob() {
         GIT_AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
         GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.RELEASE.name),
         MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
 
         GITHUB_CLI_VERSION: '0.11.1',
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ setupSpecificBuildChainNightlyJob('native')
 
 // Release jobs
 setupDeployJob(JobType.RELEASE)
-setupPromoteJob(JobType.RELEASE)
+setupPromoteJob()
 
 // Weekly deploy job
 setupWeeklyDeployJob()
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void createSetupBranchJob() {
         GIT_AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
         GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
 
         IS_MAIN_BRANCH: "${Utils.isMainBranch(this)}",
         OPTAPLANNER_LATEST_STREAM: "${GIT_MAIN_BRANCH}"
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ void setupDeployJob(JobType jobType, String envName = '') {
         PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME: 'deployment.properties',
 
         JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID: "${JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID}",
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, jobType.name),
         OPTAPLANNER_LATEST_STREAM: "${GIT_MAIN_BRANCH}",
         DISABLE_DEPLOY: Utils.isDeployDisabled(this),
 
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ void setupDeployJob(JobType jobType, String envName = '') {
 
             MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
 
-            MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_UPLOAD_REPOSITORY_URL}",
-            MAVEN_REPO_CREDS_ID: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_UPLOAD_REPOSITORY_CREDS_ID}",
+            MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY: Utils.getMavenArtifactsUploadRepositoryUrl(this, jobType.name),
+            MAVEN_REPO_CREDS_ID: Utils.getMavenArtifactsUploadRepositoryCredentialsId(this, jobType.name),
 
             OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME: 'optaplanner-operator',
             MAX_REGISTRY_RETRIES: 3,
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ void setupDeployJob(JobType jobType, String envName = '') {
     }
 }
 
-void setupPromoteJob(JobType jobType) {
-    def jobParams = JobParamsUtils.getBasicJobParams(this, 'optaplanner-promote', jobType, "${jenkins_path}/Jenkinsfile.promote", 'Optaplanner Promote')
+void setupPromoteJob() {
+    def jobParams = JobParamsUtils.getBasicJobParams(this, 'optaplanner-promote', JobType.RELEASE, "${jenkins_path}/Jenkinsfile.promote", 'Optaplanner Promote')
     JobParamsUtils.setupJobParamsAgentDockerBuilderImageConfiguration(this, jobParams)
     jobParams.env.putAll([
         JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID: "${JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID}",
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void setupPromoteJob(JobType jobType) {
         GIT_AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
         GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.RELEASE.name),
         MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
         MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ void setupOptaPlannerTurtleTestsJob(String constraintStreamImplType) {
     jobParams.env.putAll([
             CONSTRAINT_STREAM_IMPL_TYPE: "${constraintStreamImplType}",
             JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID: "${JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID}",
-            MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+            MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
     ])
     jobParams.triggers = [ cron : 'H H * * 5' ] // Run every Friday.
     KogitoJobTemplate.createPipelineJob(this, jobParams)?.with {
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ void setupWeeklyDeployJob() {
         GIT_AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
         GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_PUSH_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
-        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
+        MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: Utils.getMavenSettingsConfigFileId(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
         MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
-        MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_UPLOAD_REPOSITORY_URL}",
-        MAVEN_REPO_CREDS_ID: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_UPLOAD_REPOSITORY_CREDS_ID}",
+        MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY: Utils.getMavenArtifactsUploadRepositoryUrl(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
+        MAVEN_REPO_CREDS_ID: Utils.getMavenArtifactsUploadRepositoryCredentialsId(this, JobType.NIGHTLY.name),
 
         DISABLE_DEPLOY: Utils.isDeployDisabled(this),
     ])
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh
index cac6dc28be..e534696a95 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ fi
 
 git_author="$(echo ${git_url} | awk -F"${git_server_url}" '{print $2}' | awk -F. '{print $1}'  | awk -F/ '{print $1}')"
 
-export DSL_DEFAULT_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/optaplanner
+export DSL_DEFAULT_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/incubator-kie-optaplanner
 export DSL_DEFAULT_FALLBACK_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_REPO=apache/incubator-kie-optaplanner
 export DSL_DEFAULT_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=.ci/jenkins/config/main.yaml
-export DSL_DEFAULT_BRANCH_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/optaplanner
+export DSL_DEFAULT_BRANCH_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/incubator-kie-optaplanner
 
 file=$(mktemp)
 # For more usage of the script, use ./test.sh -h