diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
index 4f8475c90..ba0aac130 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ private String getEncryptedPassword(String variable) {
     String input = this.context.askForInput("Please enter secret value for variable " + variable + ":");
 
     ProcessContext pc = this.context.newProcess().executable("mvn");
-    pc.addArg("-Dsettings.security=" + this.context.getMavenRepository().getParent().resolve(SETTINGS_SECURITY_FILE).toString().replace("\\", "\\\\"));
     pc.addArgs("--encrypt-password", input);
+    pc.addArg("-Dsettings.security=" + this.context.getMavenRepository().getParent().resolve(SETTINGS_SECURITY_FILE).toString().replace("\\", "\\\\"));
     ProcessResult result = pc.run(ProcessMode.DEFAULT_CAPTURE);
 
     String encryptedPassword = result.getOut().get(0);