diff --git a/src/auth.ts b/src/auth.ts
index 9681049b2..5729b6cfe 100644
--- a/src/auth.ts
+++ b/src/auth.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ export const M2_DIR = '.m2';
 export const SETTINGS_FILE = 'settings.xml';
 
 export async function configAuthentication(
-  id: string,
+  idArray: string[],
   username: string,
   password: string,
   gpgPassphrase: string | undefined = undefined
 ) {
   console.log(
-    `creating ${SETTINGS_FILE} with server-id: ${id};`,
+    `creating ${SETTINGS_FILE} with server-id: ${idArray.join(',')};`,
     'environment variables:',
     `username=\$${username},`,
     `password=\$${password},`,
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ export async function configAuthentication(
   core.debug(`created directory ${settingsDirectory}`);
   await write(
     settingsDirectory,
-    generate(id, username, password, gpgPassphrase)
+    generate(idArray, username, password, gpgPassphrase)
   );
 }
 
 // only exported for testing purposes
 export function generate(
-  id: string,
+  idArray: string[],
   username: string,
   password: string,
   gpgPassphrase: string | undefined = undefined
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ export function generate(
       '@xsi:schemaLocation':
         'http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd',
       servers: {
-        server: [
-          {
+        server: idArray.map((id, index, idArray) => {
+          return {
             id: id,
             username: `\${env.${username}}`,
             password: `\${env.${password}}`
           }
-        ]
+        })
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 2e885cff0..d403e1ed0 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export const INPUT_ARCHITECTURE = 'architecture';
 export const INPUT_JAVA_PACKAGE = 'java-package';
 export const INPUT_JDK_FILE = 'jdkFile';
 export const INPUT_SERVER_ID = 'server-id';
+export const INPUT_SERVER_ID_LIST = 'server-id-list';
 export const INPUT_SERVER_USERNAME = 'server-username';
 export const INPUT_SERVER_PASSWORD = 'server-password';
 export const INPUT_SETTINGS_PATH = 'settings-path';
diff --git a/src/setup-java.ts b/src/setup-java.ts
index db169f296..6d9b7d4ec 100644
--- a/src/setup-java.ts
+++ b/src/setup-java.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ async function run() {
     const matchersPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '.github');
     core.info(`##[add-matcher]${path.join(matchersPath, 'java.json')}`);
 
-    const id = core.getInput(constants.INPUT_SERVER_ID, {required: false});
+    const id = core.getInput(constants.INPUT_SERVER_ID, {required: false}) || []
+    const idList = core.getInput(constants.INPUT_SERVER_ID_LIST, {required: false}).split(',') || []
     const username = core.getInput(constants.INPUT_SERVER_USERNAME, {
       required: false
     });
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ async function run() {
       core.setSecret(gpgPrivateKey);
     }
 
-    await auth.configAuthentication(id, username, password, gpgPassphrase);
+    await auth.configAuthentication(idList.concat(id), username, password, gpgPassphrase);
 
     if (gpgPrivateKey) {
       core.info('importing private key');