diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index bf4ba2c46..65ed8205d 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@
     <artifactId>vera-cli</artifactId>
     <name>VeraPDF CLI</name>
     <description>Command line invocation of the Vera PDF validator.</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.verapdf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
+            <version>1.47</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -43,17 +58,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.verapdf</groupId>
-            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
-            <version>1.47</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c32f62a6d..c67763754 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+        <version>7</version>
+    </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>org.verapdf</groupId>
@@ -26,6 +31,21 @@
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library.git</connection>
+    </scm>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -36,7 +56,45 @@
                     <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
+                    <goals>deploy</goals>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>performRelease</name>
+                    <value>true</value>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>
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