diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 423d01502a247bc26146f78f0c9553ea729608e6..44fcb9dc0e94bcb844899146b4550c0868d8c710 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,23 @@ stages:
 variables:
     SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH: '.secure'
 
-get-credentials:
+get-cookie:
   stage: pre-build
   image: ubuntu:jammy
   before_script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install curl -y
+    - apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install curl jq -y
   script:
     - echo "Copying secure file with FeBio login ..."
     - curl --silent "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/mobile-devops/download-secure-files/-/raw/main/installer" | bash
+    - export USERNAME=$(grep 'username:' ${SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/febio_login.txt | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d ' ')
+    - export PASSWORD=$(grep 'password:' ${SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/febio_login.txt | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d ' ')
+    - export ENCODED_USERNAME=$(printf '%s' "${USERNAME}" | jq -sRr @uri)
+    - export ENCODED_PASSWORD=$(printf '%s' "${PASSWORD}" | jq -sRr @uri)
+    - curl -c cookies.txt -X POST -d "log=${ENCODED_USERNAME}&pwd=${ENCODED_PASSWORD}&wp-submit=1" "https://febio.org/wp-login.php" -v
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - cookies.txt
+    expire_in: 5 minutes
 
 docker-build:
   stage: build
@@ -25,10 +34,8 @@ docker-build:
   services:
     - docker:dind
   dependencies: 
-    - get-credentials
+    - get-cookie
   script:
-    - export USERNAME=$(grep 'username:' ${SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/febio_login.txt | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d ' ')
-    - export PASSWORD=$(grep 'password:' ${SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH}/febio_login.txt | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d ' ')
     - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest || true
     - docker build --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 --build-arg USERNAME=${USERNAME} --build-arg PASSWORD=${PASSWORD} --cache-from $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest --tag $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA --tag $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest .
     - docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA