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@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Your Maven repository may require authentication credentials to publish artifact
 
 You may handle them in the following ways:
 
-1. define all required credentials as :lock: [project variables](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/#create-a-custom-variable-in-the-ui),
+1. define all required credentials as :lock: [project variables](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/#add-a-cicd-variable-to-a-project),
 2. make sure your `pom.xml` (or ancestor) [declares your `<repository>` and `<snapshotRepository>` with server **id**s in a `<distributionManagement>` section](https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#repository),
 3. in your `${MAVEN_CFG_DIR}/settings.xml` file, [define the repository servers credentials in the `<servers>` section](https://maven.apache.org/settings.html#Servers) using the `${env.VARIABLE}` pattern—will be automatically evaluated and replaced by Maven.