diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index af22db2..0256451 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-mvn clean deploy -Dgpg.skip=false -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B
\ No newline at end of file
+mvn clean deploy -Dgpg.skip=false -DskipTests=true -B
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6576975..dafae72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,40 @@
 
     <groupId>org.smooks.cartridges</groupId>
     <artifactId>smooks-persistence-cartridge</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-M1</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-         
+
+    <name>Smooks Persistence Cartridge</name>
+    <url>https://www.smooks.org</url>
+
+    <description>The Smooks Persistence Cartridge gives you the ability to use several entity persistence frameworks
+        from within Smooks (Hibernate, JPA, etc...)
+    </description>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 3</name>
+            <url>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt</url>
+        </license>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:smooks/smooks-persistence-cartridge.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:smooks/smooks-persistence-cartridge.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>git@github.com:smooks/smooks-persistence-cartridge.git</url>
+    </scm>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Smooks Developers</name>
+            <email>smooks-dev@googlegroups.com</email>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
@@ -25,6 +56,17 @@
             </testResource>
         </testResources>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.8</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -139,7 +181,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.smooks</groupId>
             <artifactId>smooks-scribe-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-M1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Smooks Libs -->
@@ -147,7 +189,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.smooks.cartridges</groupId>
             <artifactId>smooks-javabean-cartridge</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-M1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- ORM Libs -->
 
@@ -191,6 +233,10 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>