diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 54570a393..f00771060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     steps:
+    - name: Setup upterm session
+      uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
+      env:
+        MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME }}
+        MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD }}
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with: