diff --git a/__tests__/auth.test.ts b/__tests__/auth.test.ts
index 06591da7a..eca837a56 100644
--- a/__tests__/auth.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/auth.test.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ describe('auth tests', () => {
     const expectedSettings = `<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <interactiveMode>false</interactiveMode>
   <servers>
     <server>
       <id>${id}</id>
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ describe('auth tests', () => {
     const expectedSettings = `<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <interactiveMode>false</interactiveMode>
   <servers>
     <server>
       <id>${id}</id>
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index bbf320ebb..40912b460 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -77727,6 +77727,7 @@ function generate(id, username, password, gpgPassphrase) {
             '@xmlns': 'http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0',
             '@xmlns:xsi': 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance',
             '@xsi:schemaLocation': 'http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd',
+            interactiveMode: false,
             servers: {
                 server: [
                     {
diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage.md b/docs/advanced-usage.md
index 58301be99..a9b574250 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-usage.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-usage.md
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ The two `settings.xml` files created from the above example look like the follow
 <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <interactiveMode>false</interactiveMode>
   <servers>
     <server>
       <id>github</id>
@@ -455,6 +456,7 @@ The two `settings.xml` files created from the above example look like the follow
 <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <interactiveMode>false</interactiveMode>
   <servers>
     <server>
       <id>maven</id>
diff --git a/src/auth.ts b/src/auth.ts
index c8ea6291c..52ee3ede9 100644
--- a/src/auth.ts
+++ b/src/auth.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export function generate(
       '@xmlns:xsi': 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance',
       '@xsi:schemaLocation':
         'http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd',
+      interactiveMode: false,
       servers: {
         server: [
           {