diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69d2341..06fcf7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
          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>7</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>org.graylog2</groupId>
     <artifactId>syslog4j</artifactId>
     <version>0.9.48</version>
@@ -23,8 +29,8 @@
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/Graylog2/syslog4j-graylog2</url>
-        <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/Graylog2/syslog4j-graylog2.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com:Graylog2/syslog4j-graylog2.git</developerConnection>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:Graylog2/syslog4j-graylog2.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:Graylog2/syslog4j-graylog2.git</developerConnection>
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
     
@@ -32,6 +38,19 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+            <url>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
@@ -69,7 +88,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                 </configuration>