diff --git a/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/projects/settings.xml b/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/projects/settings.xml
index f2dd5798838..33d7bb0f990 100644
--- a/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/projects/settings.xml
+++ b/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/intTest/projects/settings.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 			<username>${env.COMMERCIAL_REPO_USERNAME}</username>
 			<password>${env.COMMERCIAL_REPO_PASSWORD}</password>
 		</server>
+		<server>
+			<id>spring-release-train</id>
+			<username>${env.RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_USERNAME}</username>
+			<password>${env.RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD}</password>
+		</server>
 	</servers>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
diff --git a/buildSrc/SpringRepositorySupport.groovy b/buildSrc/SpringRepositorySupport.groovy
index b3f5e5dfd04..b6bf3b5155f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/SpringRepositorySupport.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/SpringRepositorySupport.groovy
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class SpringRepositoriesExtension {
 	}
 
 	private void addRepositories(version, action) {
+		addReleaseTrainRepositoryIfNecessary("spring-release-train", action)
 		addCommercialRepositoryIfNecessary("release", false, "/spring-enterprise-maven-prod-local", action)
 		if (version.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) {
 			addCommercialRepositoryIfNecessary("snapshot", true, "/spring-enterprise-maven-dev-local", action)
@@ -132,6 +133,21 @@ class SpringRepositoriesExtension {
 		})
 	}
 
+	private void addReleaseTrainRepositoryIfNecessary(id, action) {
+		def url = this.environment.apply("RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_URL")
+		if (url != null) {
+			def username = this.environment.apply("RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_USERNAME")
+			def password = this.environment.apply("RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD")
+			addRepository(id, false, url, { maven ->
+				maven.credentials { credentials ->
+					credentials.setUsername(username)
+					credentials.setPassword(password)
+				}
+				action(maven)
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
 	private void addRepository(name, snapshot, url, action) {
 		this.repositories.maven { maven ->
 			maven.setName(name)
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/RepositoryTransformersExtension.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/RepositoryTransformersExtension.java
index 2b1f70f6242..606bdf4ee6f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/RepositoryTransformersExtension.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/RepositoryTransformersExtension.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public class RepositoryTransformersExtension {
 
 	private static final String REPOSITORIES_MARKER = "{spring.mavenRepositories}";
 
+	private static final String PLUGIN_REPOSITORIES_MARKER = "{spring.mavenPluginRepositories}";
+
 	private final Project project;
 
 	@Inject
@@ -67,13 +69,33 @@ public class RepositoryTransformersExtension {
 			getSpringRepositories().forEach((repository) -> {
 				if (repository.getName().startsWith("spring-commercial-")) {
 					String host = repository.getUrl().getHost();
-					hostCredentials.put(host,
-							new MavenCredential("${env.COMMERCIAL_REPO_USERNAME}", "${env.COMMERCIAL_REPO_PASSWORD}"));
+					hostCredentials.put(host, new MavenCredential("${env.COMMERCIAL_REPO_USERNAME}",
+							"${env.COMMERCIAL_REPO_PASSWORD}", "Artifactory Realm"));
+				}
+				else if (repository.getName().equals("spring-release-train")) {
+					String host = repository.getUrl().getHost();
+					hostCredentials.put(host, new MavenCredential("${env.RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_USERNAME}",
+							"${env.RELEASE_TRAIN_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD}", "GitHub Package Registry"));
 				}
 			});
-			return transform(line, hostCredentials.entrySet(), (entry,
-					indent) -> "%s<credentials host=\"%s\" realm=\"Artifactory Realm\" username=\"%s\" passwd=\"%s\" />%n"
-						.formatted(indent, entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().username(), entry.getValue().password()));
+			return transform(line, hostCredentials.entrySet(),
+					(entry, indent) -> "%s<credentials host=\"%s\" realm=\"%s\" username=\"%s\" passwd=\"%s\" />%n"
+						.formatted(indent, entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().realm(), entry.getValue().username(),
+								entry.getValue().password()));
+		}
+		return line;
+	}
+
+	public Transformer<String, String> mavenSettings() {
+		return this::transformMavenSettings;
+	}
+
+	private String transformMavenSettings(String line) {
+		if (line.contains(REPOSITORIES_MARKER)) {
+			return transformMavenRepositories(line, false);
+		}
+		if (line.contains(PLUGIN_REPOSITORIES_MARKER)) {
+			return transformMavenRepositories(line, true);
 		}
 		return line;
 	}
@@ -141,7 +163,7 @@ public class RepositoryTransformersExtension {
 		project.getExtensions().create("springRepositoryTransformers", RepositoryTransformersExtension.class, project);
 	}
 
-	record MavenCredential(String username, String password) {
+	record MavenCredential(String username, String password, String realm) {
 
 	}