diff --git a/.space.kts b/.space.kts
index c1a3329..5429d6b 100644
--- a/.space.kts
+++ b/.space.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ job("Publish"){
         gitPush { enabled = false }
     }
     container("openjdk:11") {
+        env["SPACE_USER"] = Secrets("space_user")
+        env["SPACE_TOKEN"] = Secrets("space_token")
         kotlinScript { api ->
+            val spaceUser = System.getenv("SPACE_USER")
+            val spaceToken = System.getenv("SPACE_TOKEN")
+
             api.space().projects.automation.deployments.start(
                 project = api.projectIdentifier(),
                 targetIdentifier = TargetIdentifier.Key("gradle-tools"),
@@ -15,7 +20,11 @@ job("Publish"){
                 // automatically update deployment status based on a status of a job
                 syncWithAutomationJob = true
             )
-            api.gradlew("publishAllPublicationsToSpaceRepository")
+            api.gradlew(
+                "publishAllPublicationsToSpaceRepository",
+                "-Ppublishing.space.user=\"$spaceUser\"",
+                "-Ppublishing.space.token=\"$spaceToken\"",
+            )
         }
     }
 }