diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/jcr/JcrMetadataRepository.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/jcr/JcrMetadataRepository.java
index b1e5f548d..78ae146a8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/jcr/JcrMetadataRepository.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/jcr/JcrMetadataRepository.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class JcrMetadataRepository
         this.metadataFacetFactories = metadataFacetFactories;
         this.repository = repository;
 
-        session = repository.login( new SimpleCredentials( "username", "password".toCharArray() ) );
+        session = repository.login( new SimpleCredentials( "admin", "admin".toCharArray() ) );
     }
 
     static void initialize( Session session )