diff --git a/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/README.md b/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/README.md
index 7b7bfca33..49f97faf9 100644
--- a/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/README.md
+++ b/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/README.md
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ This example is using the Maven Artifactory Plugin for artifacts and build-info
 To run this example, please do the following:
 * Edit the pom.xml file and set the value of the *contextUrl* with your Artifactory URL, as well as the other Artifactory properties.
 For more configuration information see the [Maven Artifactory Plugin documentation](https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/Maven+Artifactory+Plugin).
-* CD to the project directory and run the following command (replace *admin* and *password* with your Artifactory credentials):
+* CD to the project directory and run *mvn deploy*.
+
+You can define the Artifactory details inside the pom file using properties. These properties can be sent to maven as system properties: 
+```console
+mvn deploy -Dusername=admin -Dpassword=password -Dbuildnumber=1
+```
+
+Alternatively they can be defined in the settings xml as described [here](https://maven.apache.org/examples/injecting-properties-via-settings.html).
+
 ```console
-> mvn deploy -Dusername=admin -Dpassword=password
+mvn deploy -Dbuildnumber=1 -s settings.xml
 ```
 
 This would deploy the produced artifacts to the configured Artifactory server:
diff --git a/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/pom.xml b/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/pom.xml
index 1301fc9f1..550c59d03 100644
--- a/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/pom.xml
+++ b/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jfrog.buildinfo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>artifactory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <version>2.6.1</version>
                 <inherited>false</inherited>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
                             </deployProperties>
                             <artifactory>
                                 <includeEnvVars>true</includeEnvVars>
+                                <envVarsExcludePatterns>*password*,*secret*,*key*,*token*,*passphrase*</envVarsExcludePatterns>
                                 <timeoutSec>60</timeoutSec>
-                                <propertiesFile>publish.properties</propertiesFile>
                             </artifactory>
                             <publisher>
                                 <contextUrl>http://localhost:8081/artifactory</contextUrl>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                             </publisher>
                             <buildInfo>
                                 <buildName>plugin-demo</buildName>
-                                <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+                                <buildNumber>${buildnumber}</buildNumber>
                                 <buildUrl>http://build-url.org</buildUrl>
                             </buildInfo>
                             <licenses>
diff --git a/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/settings.xml b/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9359e0b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifactory-maven-plugin-example/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<settings>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>artifactory-plugin-properties</id>
+            <properties>
+                <username>admin</username>
+                <password>password</password>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+    <activeProfiles>
+        <activeProfile>artifactory-plugin-properties</activeProfile>
+    </activeProfiles>
+</settings>
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