diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml b/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
index 29822507..2fa1ceb7 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
             value: 10
       - id: spid-saml
         url: https://github.com/italia/spid-keycloak-provider/releases/download/24.0.2/spid-provider.jar
+      - id: keycloak-kerberos-federation
+        maven:
+          repository_url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ # https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.keycloak/keycloak-kerberos-federation/24.0.4
+          group_id: org.keycloak
+          artifact_id: keycloak-kerberos-federation
+          version: 24.0.4 # optional
+          # username: myUser # optional
+          # password: myPAT # optional
+      # - id: my-static-theme
+      #   local_path: /tmp/my-static-theme.jar
     keycloak_quarkus_policies:
       - name: "xato-net-10-million-passwords.txt"
         url: "https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/raw/master/Passwords/xato-net-10-million-passwords.txt"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b2366a50..5de7845b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #################################################
-# python dependencies required to be installed 
+# python dependencies required to be installed
 # on the controller host with:
 # pip install -r requirements.txt
 #
-netaddr
\ No newline at end of file
+netaddr
+lxml # for middleware_automation.common.maven_artifact
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
index 3f6feef5..06e57146 100644
--- a/requirements.yml
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
 collections:
   - name: middleware_automation.common
+    version: ">=1.2.1"
   - name: ansible.posix
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
index f8f98999..a011f296 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,28 @@ keycloak_quarkus
 Install [keycloak](https://keycloak.org/) >= 20.0.0 (quarkus) server configurations.
 
 
+Requirements
+------------
+
+This role requires the `python3-netaddr` and `lxml` library installed on the controller node.
+
+* to install via yum/dnf: `dnf install python3-netaddr python3-lxml`
+* to install via apt: `apt install python3-netaddr python3-lxml`
+* or via the collection: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+The roles depends on:
+
+* [middleware_automation.common](https://github.com/ansible-middleware/common)
+* [ansible-posix](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/posix/index.html)
+
+To install all the dependencies via galaxy:
+
+    ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml
+
 Role Defaults
 -------------
 
@@ -156,15 +178,29 @@ Role Defaults
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
 |`keycloak_quarkus_providers`| List of provider definitions; see below | `[]` |
 
+Providers support different sources:
+
+* `url`: http download for providers not requiring authentication
+* `maven`: maven download for providers hosted publicly on Apache Maven Central or private Maven repositories like Github Maven requiring authentication
+* `local_path`: static providers to be uploaded
+
 Provider definition:
 
 ```yaml
 keycloak_quarkus_providers:
-  - id: http-client                         # required
-    spi: connections                        # required if url is not specified
+  - id: http-client                         # required; "{{ id }}.jar" identifies the file name on RHBK
+    spi: connections                        # required if neither url, local_path nor maven are specified; required for setting properties
     default: true                           # optional, whether to set default for spi, default false
     restart: true                           # optional, whether to restart, default true
-    url: https://.../.../custom_spi.jar     # optional, url for download
+    url: https://.../.../custom_spi.jar     # optional, url for download via http
+    local_path: my_theme_spi.jar            # optional, path on local controller for SPI to be uploaded
+    maven:                                  # optional, for download using maven
+      repository_url: https://maven.pkg.github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY # optional, maven repo url
+      group_id:  my.group                   # optional, maven group id
+      artifact_id: artifact                 # optional, maven artifact id
+      version: 24.0.4                       # optional, defaults to latest
+      username:  user                       # optional, cf. https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-apache-maven-registry#authenticating-to-github-packages
+      password: pat                         # optional, provide a PAT for accessing Github's Apache Maven registry
     properties:                             # optional, list of key-values
       - key: default-connection-pool-size
         value: 10
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
index c8cece8a..11d928f5 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: 10
                 type: 'int'
             keycloak_quarkus_providers:
-                description: "List of provider definition dicts: { 'id': str, 'spi': str, 'url': str, 'default': bool, 'properties': list of key/value }"
+                description: "List of provider definition dicts: { 'id': str, 'spi': str, 'url': str, 'local_path': str, 'maven': { 'repository_url': str, 'group_id': str, 'artifact_id': str, 'version': str, 'username': str, optional, 'password': str, optional }, 'default': bool, 'properties': list of key/value }"
                 default: []
                 type: "list"
             keycloak_quarkus_supported_policy_types:
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml
index ab7c3961..ced4191a 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     - rhbk_enable is defined and rhbk_enable
     - keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].driver_jar_url is defined
 
-- name: "Download custom providers"
+- name: "Download custom providers via http"
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
     url: "{{ item.url }}"
     dest: "{{ keycloak.home }}/providers/{{ item.id }}.jar"
@@ -227,7 +227,47 @@
   when: item.url is defined and item.url | length > 0
   notify: "{{ ['rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or not item.restart else [] }}"
 
-- name: Ensure required folder structure for policies exits
+# this requires the `lxml` package to be installed; we redirect this step to localhost such that we do need to install it on the remote hosts
+- name: "Download custom providers to localhost using maven"
+  middleware_automation.common.maven_artifact:
+    repository_url: "{{ item.maven.repository_url }}"
+    group_id: "{{ item.maven.group_id }}"
+    artifact_id: "{{ item.maven.artifact_id }}"
+    version: "{{ item.maven.version | default(omit) }}"
+    username: "{{ item.maven.username | default(omit) }}"
+    password: "{{ item.maven.password | default(omit) }}"
+    dest: "{{ local_path.stat.path }}/{{ item.id }}.jar"
+  delegate_to: "localhost"
+  run_once: true
+  loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
+  when: item.maven is defined
+  no_log: "{{ item.maven.password is defined and item.maven.password | length > 0 | default(false) }}"
+  notify: "{{ ['rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or not item.restart else [] }}"
+
+- name: "Upload local maven providers"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ local_path.stat.path }}/{{ item.id }}.jar"
+    dest: "{{ keycloak.home }}/providers/{{ item.id }}.jar"
+    owner: "{{ keycloak.service_user }}"
+    group: "{{ keycloak.service_group }}"
+    mode: '0640'
+  become: true
+  loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
+  when: item.maven is defined
+  no_log: "{{ item.maven.password is defined and item.maven.password | length > 0 | default(false) }}"
+
+- name: "Upload local providers"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ item.local_path}}"
+    dest: "{{ keycloak.home }}/providers/{{ item.id }}.jar"
+    owner: "{{ keycloak.service_user }}"
+    group: "{{ keycloak.service_group }}"
+    mode: '0640'
+  become: true
+  loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
+  when: item.local_path is defined
+
+- name: Ensure required folder structure for policies exists
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ keycloak.home }}/data/{{ item | lower }}"
     state: directory
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml
index 02290365..d901c718 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
       - item.id is defined and item.id | length > 0
-      - (item.spi is defined and item.spi | length > 0) or (item.url is defined and item.url | length > 0)
+      - (item.spi is defined and item.spi | length > 0) or (item.url is defined and item.url | length > 0) or (item.maven is defined and item.maven.repository_url is defined and item.maven.repository_url | length > 0 and item.maven.group_id is defined and item.maven.group_id | length > 0 and item.maven.artifact_id is defined and item.maven.artifact_id | length > 0) or (item.local_path is defined and item.local_path | length > 0)
     quiet: true
-    fail_msg: "Providers definition is incorrect; `id` and one of `spi` or `url` are mandatory. `key` and `value` are mandatory for each property"
+    fail_msg: "Providers definition is incorrect; `id` and one of `spi`, `url`, `local_path`, or `maven` are mandatory. `key` and `value` are mandatory for each property"
   loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
 
 - name: "Validate policies"