diff --git a/.github/workflows/complete.yml b/.github/workflows/complete.yml
index 778be2fc200..99f565269ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/complete.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/complete.yml
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ jobs:
           maven-version: 3.6.3
       - name: build-jar
         env:
-          # Try to add retries to prevent download failure
+          # Try to add retries to prevent connection resets
           # https://github.community/t/getting-maven-could-not-transfer-artifact-with-500-error-when-using-github-actions/17570
-          MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3
+          # https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/1499#issuecomment-718396233
+          MAVEN_OPTS: -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false
+          MAVEN_EXTRA_OPTS: -X
         run: make build-java-no-tests REVISION=${GITHUB_SHA}
       - name: copy to gs
         run: gsutil cp ./spark/ingestion/target/feast-ingestion-spark-${GITHUB_SHA}.jar gs://feast-jobs/spark/ingestion/