diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cf590a1..92ffad0b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+        <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>7</version>
+    </parent>
     <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys</groupId>
     <artifactId>twelvemonkeys</artifactId>
     <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -40,6 +45,12 @@
         </contributor>
     </contributors>
 
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys</url>
+    </scm>
+
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
@@ -88,6 +99,11 @@
                         </execution>
                     </executions>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.9.1</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -146,18 +162,23 @@
                         <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.4.2</version>
+                    <dependencies>
+                      <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.9</version>
+                      </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
 
         </pluginManagement>
 
-        <extensions>
-            <extension>
-                <groupId>org.jvnet.wagon-svn</groupId>
-                <artifactId>wagon-svn</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9</version>
-            </extension>
-        </extensions>
-
     </build>
 
     <reporting>
@@ -193,20 +214,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>maven2-repository.dev.java.net</id>
-            <name>Java.net Repository for Maven</name>
-            <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
-            <layout>default</layout>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>java.net-m2-repository</id>
-            <url>java-net:/maven2-repository/trunk/repository/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
 </project>