Python module failed to compile due to "Could not create local repository"

Invoking mvn with 'mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false --settings /__w/1/s/tools/ci/google-mirror-settings.xml -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=HH:mm:ss.SSS -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn --no-snapshot-updates -B -Dhadoop.version=2.8.3 -Dinclude_hadoop_aws -Dscala-2.11  clean deploy -DaltDeploymentRepository=validation_repository::default::file:/tmp/flink-validation-deployment -Dmaven.repo.local=/home/vsts/work/1/.m2/repository -Dflink.convergence.phase=install -Pcheck-convergence -Dflink.forkCount=2 -Dflink.forkCountTestPackage=2 -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -U -DskipTests'
[ERROR] Could not create local repository at /home/vsts/work/1/.m2/repository -> [Help 1]
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[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
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[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/LocalRepositoryNotAccessibleException