diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/IdeContext.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/IdeContext.java
index b0c527c4e..077398198 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/IdeContext.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/context/IdeContext.java
@@ -432,13 +432,7 @@ default String getMavenArgs() {
       return null;
     }
     Mvn mvn = getCommandletManager().getCommandlet(Mvn.class);
-    Path mavenConfFolder = mvn.getMavenConfFolder(false);
-    Path mvnSettingsFile = mavenConfFolder.resolve(Mvn.SETTINGS_FILE);
-    if (!Files.exists(mvnSettingsFile)) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    String settingsPath = mvnSettingsFile.toString();
-    return "-s " + settingsPath;
+    return mvn.getMavenArgs();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
index ba0aac130..d700d3978 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ private String getEncryptedPassword(String variable) {
 
     ProcessContext pc = this.context.newProcess().executable("mvn");
     pc.addArgs("--encrypt-password", input);
-    pc.addArg("-Dsettings.security=" + this.context.getMavenRepository().getParent().resolve(SETTINGS_SECURITY_FILE).toString().replace("\\", "\\\\"));
+    pc.addArg(getDsettingsSecurityProperty());
     ProcessResult result = pc.run(ProcessMode.DEFAULT_CAPTURE);
 
     String encryptedPassword = result.getOut().get(0);
@@ -241,4 +241,18 @@ public Path getMavenConfFolder(boolean legacy) {
     }
     return mvnConfigFolder;
   }
+
+  public String getMavenArgs() {
+    Path mavenConfFolder = getMavenConfFolder(false);
+    Path mvnSettingsFile = mavenConfFolder.resolve(Mvn.SETTINGS_FILE);
+    if (!Files.exists(mvnSettingsFile)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    String settingsPath = mvnSettingsFile.toString();
+    return "-s " + settingsPath + getDsettingsSecurityProperty();
+  }
+
+  private String getDsettingsSecurityProperty() {
+    return "-Dsettings.security=" + this.context.getMavenRepository().getParent().resolve(SETTINGS_SECURITY_FILE).toString().replace("\\", "\\\\");
+  }
 }