diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5217660..572c090 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
 
  <groupId>com.corundumstudio.socketio</groupId>
  <artifactId>netty-socketio</artifactId>
- <version>1.0.0</version>
+ <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <name>NettySocketIO</name>
  <description>Socket.IO server implemented on Java</description>
  <inceptionYear>2012</inceptionYear>
+ <url>https://github.com/mrniko/netty-socketio</url>
 
- <properties>
-     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
- </properties>
+ <scm>
+    <url>scm:git:git@github.com:mrniko/netty-socketio.git</url>
+    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:mrniko/netty-socketio.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:mrniko/netty-socketio.git</developerConnection>
+ </scm>
 
  <licenses>
      <license>
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
      <developer>
          <id>mrniko</id>
          <name>Nikita Koksharov</name>
+         <email>abracham.mitchell@gmail.com</email>
          <roles>
              <role>Architect</role>
              <role>Developer</role>
@@ -34,6 +38,10 @@
      </developer>
  </developers>
 
+ <properties>
+     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+ </properties>
+
  <profiles>
      <profile>
          <id>exclude-swf-files</id>
@@ -48,6 +56,33 @@
              </resources>
          </build>
      </profile>
+     <profile>
+         <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+         <activation>
+           <property>
+             <name>performRelease</name>
+             <value>true</value>
+           </property>
+         </activation>
+         <build>
+           <plugins>
+             <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+               <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>1.1</version>
+               <executions>
+                 <execution>
+                   <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                   <phase>verify</phase>
+                   <goals>
+                     <goal>sign</goal>
+                   </goals>
+                 </execution>
+               </executions>
+             </plugin>
+           </plugins>
+         </build>
+     </profile>
  </profiles>
 
  <dependencies>
@@ -89,6 +124,26 @@
 
  <build>
   <plugins>
+       <plugin>
+           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+           <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+           <version>1.4</version>
+           <executions>
+             <execution>
+               <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+               <phase>verify</phase>
+               <goals>
+                 <goal>sign</goal>
+               </goals>
+             </execution>
+           </executions>
+       </plugin>
+       <plugin>
+           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+           <version>2.4.1</version>
+       </plugin>
+
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -102,7 +157,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7.1</version>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>verify</phase>
@@ -123,7 +178,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.9.1</version>
+          <version>2.10</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>verify</phase>
@@ -141,7 +196,7 @@
 
        <plugin>
          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.5.1</version>
+         <version>3.1</version>
          <configuration>
            <source>1.5</source>
            <target>1.5</target>
@@ -168,7 +223,7 @@
         <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.3</version>
+            <version>2.15</version>
             <configuration>
                 <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=utf-8</argLine>
             </configuration>