diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97af961bb..f30c97c30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
     <inceptionYear>2006</inceptionYear>
     <url>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat</url>
 
+    <organization>
+        <name>OWASP</name>
+        <url>https://webgoat.github.io/</url>
+    </organization>
+
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>GNU General Public License, version 2</name>
@@ -59,6 +64,10 @@
             <email>doug.morato@owasp.org</email>
             <organization>OWASP</organization>
             <organizationUrl>https://github.com/dougmorato</organizationUrl>
+            <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
+            <properties>
+                <picUrl>https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/9654?v=3&amp;s=150</picUrl>
+            </properties>
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
@@ -83,11 +92,18 @@
         <url>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues</url>
     </issueManagement>
 
+    <ciManagement>
+        <system>Travis CI</system>
+        <url>https://travis-ci.org/WebGoat/WebGoat</url>
+    </ciManagement>
+
     <properties>
         <!-- Use UTF-8 Encoding -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
+        <!-- This build number will be ubdated by Travis-CI -->
+        <build.number>build</build.number>
 
         <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
         <activation.version>1.1</activation.version>
@@ -120,8 +136,10 @@
         <mail.version>1.4.2</mail.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.18.1</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
+        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>2.6</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>2.10.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>2.4</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.18.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
@@ -150,45 +168,83 @@
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</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>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-release-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                    <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                    <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                    <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                    <goals>deploy</goals>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-sources</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
 </project>