diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0a237cb..6a420666 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -281,6 +281,18 @@
     </plugins>
 
   </build>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>disable-java8-doclint</id>
@@ -291,6 +303,7 @@
         <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>publishing</id>
       <build>
@@ -298,7 +311,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5</version>
+            <version>1.6</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -309,6 +322,17 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.8</version>
+            <extensions>true</extensions>
+            <configuration>
+              <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
+              <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org</nexusUrl>
+              <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>