diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19614ec..11c2184 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ Contributing
 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
 5. Create new Pull Request
 
+Releasing
+---------
+
+Java 1.8 must be used to run integration tests at the moment.
+
+Deploy snapshots when the version ends with "-SNAPSHOT" using `mvn deploy`.
+
+Releasing requires the version to not end with "-SNAPSHOT" and you should specify the "-Prelease" profile to sign the artifacts.
+
+```
+mvn deploy -Prelease
+```
+
 meta-fu
 -------
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90b4104..8a03d03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <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">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9</version>
-  </parent>
   <groupId>org.jruby.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>mavengem</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -54,33 +49,79 @@
     <jruby.version>9.4.5.0</jruby.version>
   </properties>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-      <id>sonatype</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-      <id>sonatype</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.8</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <gpgArguments>
+                <gpgArgument>--pinentry-mode</gpgArgument>
+                <gpgArgument>loopback</gpgArgument>
+              </gpgArguments>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 
   <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-sources</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.12.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <doclint>none</doclint>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.10.0</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
@@ -102,10 +143,9 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3</version>
+          <version>3.15.0</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>8</source>
-            <target>8</target>
+            <release>8</release>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>