diff --git a/templates/rhpam70-authoring.yaml b/templates/rhpam70-authoring.yaml
index 22f9d660..1a86be76 100644
--- a/templates/rhpam70-authoring.yaml
+++ b/templates/rhpam70-authoring.yaml
@@ -185,8 +185,17 @@ parameters:
   value: "1.0"
   required: false
 - displayName: Maven repository URL
-  description: Fully qualified URL to a Maven repository. If unspecified, will fall back to Business Central service.
+  description: Fully qualified URL to a Maven repository or service.
   name: MAVEN_REPO_URL
+  example: http://nexus.nexus-project.svc.cluster.local:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/
+  required: false
+- displayName: Maven repository username
+  description: Username to access the Maven repository, if required.
+  name: MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME
+  required: false
+- displayName: Maven repository password
+  description: Password to access the Maven repository, if required.
+  name: MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
   required: false
 - displayName: Business Central Volume Capacity
   description: Size of the persistent storage for Business Central's runtime data.
@@ -410,6 +419,12 @@ objects:
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_PWD}"
           - name: KIE_SERVER_USER
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_USER}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPO_URL
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_URL}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD}"
           - name: HTTPS_KEYSTORE_DIR
             value: "/etc/businesscentral-secret-volume"
           - name: HTTPS_KEYSTORE
@@ -554,8 +569,6 @@ objects:
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_PWD}"
           - name: KIE_SERVER_USER
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_USER}"
-          - name: MAVEN_REPO_URL
-            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_URL}"
           - name: MAVEN_REPO_SERVICE
             value: "${APPLICATION_NAME}-rhpamcentr"
           - name: MAVEN_REPO_PATH
@@ -564,6 +577,14 @@ objects:
             value: "${KIE_ADMIN_USER}"
           - name: MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
             value: "${KIE_ADMIN_PWD}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPOS
+            value: "EXTERNAL"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_MAVEN_REPO_URL
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_URL}"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME}"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD}"
           - name: HTTPS_KEYSTORE_DIR
             value: "/etc/kieserver-secret-volume"
           - name: HTTPS_KEYSTORE
diff --git a/templates/rhpam70-trial-ephemeral.yaml b/templates/rhpam70-trial-ephemeral.yaml
index 1cb178fd..cbd11b1a 100644
--- a/templates/rhpam70-trial-ephemeral.yaml
+++ b/templates/rhpam70-trial-ephemeral.yaml
@@ -95,8 +95,17 @@ parameters:
   value: ''
   required: false
 - displayName: Maven repository URL
-  description: Fully qualified URL to a Maven repository.
+  description: Fully qualified URL to a Maven repository or service.
   name: MAVEN_REPO_URL
+  example: http://nexus.nexus-project.svc.cluster.local:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/
+  required: false
+- displayName: Maven repository username
+  description: Username to access the Maven repository, if required.
+  name: MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME
+  required: false
+- displayName: Maven repository password
+  description: Password to access the Maven repository, if required.
+  name: MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
   required: false
 - displayName: Business Central Container Memory Limit
   description: Business Central Container memory limit
@@ -251,6 +260,12 @@ objects:
             value: "${DEFAULT_PASSWORD}"
           - name: KIE_SERVER_USER
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_USER}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPO_URL
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_URL}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD}"
           - name: ADMIN_USERNAME
             value: "${ADMIN_USERNAME}"
           - name: ADMIN_PASSWORD
@@ -349,8 +364,6 @@ objects:
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_USER}"
           - name: KIE_SERVER_CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT
             value: "${KIE_SERVER_CONTAINER_DEPLOYMENT}"
-          - name: MAVEN_REPO_URL
-            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_URL}"
           - name: MAVEN_REPO_SERVICE
             value: "${APPLICATION_NAME}-rhpamcentr"
           - name: MAVEN_REPO_PATH
@@ -359,3 +372,11 @@ objects:
             value: "${KIE_ADMIN_USER}"
           - name: MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
             value: "${DEFAULT_PASSWORD}"
+          - name: MAVEN_REPOS
+            value: "EXTERNAL"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_MAVEN_REPO_URL
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_URL}"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_USERNAME}"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD
+            value: "${MAVEN_REPO_PASSWORD}"