diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml
index 64b3835b41..432e2876da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ env:
   GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER }}
   GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
   GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-  JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+  ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+  ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
 
 jobs:
   verify-staged-with-samples:
@@ -26,19 +27,24 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           show-progress: false
 
-      - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 17
-          cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Set up Gradle
+        uses: spring-io/spring-gradle-build-action@v2
 
-      - uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@v3
-
-      - name: Configure JFrog Cli
-        run: jf gradlec --repo-resolve libs-staging-local
+      - name: Prepare Samples project against Staging
+        run: |
+          printf "allprojects {
+                  repositories {
+                    maven { 
+                      url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-staging-local'
+                      credentials {
+                        username = '$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME'
+                        password = '$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD'
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }" > staging-repo-init.gradle
+          
+          sed -i "1,/springIntegrationVersion.*/s/springIntegrationVersion.*/springIntegrationVersion='${{ inputs.releaseVersion }}'/" build.gradle  
 
       - name: Verify Spring Integration Samples against staged release
-        run: |
-          sed -i "1,/springIntegrationVersion.*/s/springIntegrationVersion.*/springIntegrationVersion='${{ inputs.releaseVersion }}'/" build.gradle
-          jf gradle check
+        run: gradle check --init-script staging-repo-init.gradle