diff --git a/release/libs/_constants.sh b/release/libs/_constants.sh
index 409d5da07f..78c3978f26 100644
--- a/release/libs/_constants.sh
+++ b/release/libs/_constants.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ APACHE_DIST_DEV_PATH="/dev/parquet"
 APACHE_DIST_RELEASE_PATH="/release/parquet"
 
 NEXUS_BASE_URL=${NEXUS_BASE_URL:-"https://repository.apache.org/service/local"}
-NEXUS_CONTENT_BASE_URL=${NEXUS_CONTENT_BASE_URL:-"https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories"}
+NEXUS_CONTENT_BASE_URL=${NEXUS_CONTENT_BASE_URL:-"${NEXUS_BASE_URL}/repositories"}
 NEXUS_STAGING_GROUP_URL="https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/parquet/"
 
 NEXUS_PROFILE_NAME="org.apache.parquet"
diff --git a/release/libs/_nexus.sh b/release/libs/_nexus.sh
index 1dd3f1c4e7..d56adff7d4 100644
--- a/release/libs/_nexus.sh
+++ b/release/libs/_nexus.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function nexus_get_staging_repo_metadata {
 function nexus_check_staging_artifact {
   local repo_id="$1"
   local version="$2"
-  local artifact_url="${NEXUS_CONTENT_BASE_URL}/${repo_id}/${NEXUS_VERIFY_GROUP_PATH}/${NEXUS_VERIFY_ARTIFACT_ID}/${version}/${NEXUS_VERIFY_ARTIFACT_ID}-${version}.pom"
+  local artifact_url="${NEXUS_CONTENT_BASE_URL}/${repo_id}/content/${NEXUS_VERIFY_GROUP_PATH}/${NEXUS_VERIFY_ARTIFACT_ID}/${version}/${NEXUS_VERIFY_ARTIFACT_ID}-${version}.pom"
 
   if [[ ${DRY_RUN:-1} -eq 1 ]]; then
     print_command "Dry-run, WOULD HEAD ${artifact_url}"