diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 988b1fd..5812fa0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.cryptolens</groupId>
   <artifactId>cryptolens</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.10-STABLE</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.24-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>cryptolens</name>
   <description>A client api to access Cryptolens Licensing API.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/cryptolens/cryptolens-java</url>
@@ -35,4 +35,77 @@
       <version>LATEST</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.7</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+          <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+          <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.1</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-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.9.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>sign</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <keyname>0x78055E64</keyname>
+              <passphraseServerId>0x78055E64</passphraseServerId>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+
+
+  </build>
+
 </project>