diff --git a/build-config/pom.xml b/build-config/pom.xml
index f85705884..da667708b 100644
--- a/build-config/pom.xml
+++ b/build-config/pom.xml
@@ -33,15 +33,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>MapStruct Build Configuration</name>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/core-common/pom.xml b/core-common/pom.xml
index d5555f922..bbc08622a 100644
--- a/core-common/pom.xml
+++ b/core-common/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -65,13 +66,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/integrationtest/pom.xml b/integrationtest/pom.xml
index 0b8fb827c..d066c5e59 100644
--- a/integrationtest/pom.xml
+++ b/integrationtest/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mapstruct.version>${project.version}</mapstruct.version>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -79,13 +80,6 @@
                     <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 07f19905c..e3cec2119 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 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>
-        <relativePath />
-    </parent>
-
     <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
     <artifactId>mapstruct-parent</artifactId>
     <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -44,7 +37,7 @@
         <com.jolira.hickory.version>1.0.0</com.jolira.hickory.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.version>1.2</org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugins.surefire.version>2.19.1</org.apache.maven.plugins.surefire.version>
-        <org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.version>2.10.3</org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.version>
+        <org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.version>3.0.0-M1</org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.version>
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.eclipse.tycho.compiler-jdt.version>0.26.0</org.eclipse.tycho.compiler-jdt.version>
         <com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.version>7.2</com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.version>
@@ -77,14 +70,27 @@
       <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
     <issueManagement>
         <system>GitHub Issues</system>
         <url>https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/issues</url>
     </issueManagement>
 
     <ciManagement>
-        <system>Jenkins</system>
-        <url>https://mapstruct.ci.cloudbees.com/</url>
+        <system>Travis CI</system>
+        <url>https://travis-ci.org/mapstruct/mapstruct</url>
     </ciManagement>
 
     <mailingLists>
@@ -317,6 +323,14 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.8.2</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <deployAtEnd>true</deployAtEnd>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -352,7 +366,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.4</version>
+                    <version>3.0.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -366,14 +380,16 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <arguments>-Psonatype-oss-release -DskipTests ${add.release.arguments}</arguments>
+                        <arguments>-DskipTests ${add.release.arguments}</arguments>
                         <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
                         <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
                         <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
                         <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                         <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                        <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                        <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
@@ -384,12 +400,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.2.1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3</version>
+                    <version>3.6</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -661,13 +677,24 @@
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>sonatype-oss-release</id>
+            <id>release</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <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>${org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -677,6 +704,19 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63b61ce43..c523ce0b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,16 +43,12 @@
         <module>processor</module>
         <module>integrationtest</module>
     </modules>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+    </properties>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>