diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef49226..aed4122 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>net.wasdev.maven.parent</groupId>
-        <artifactId>java8-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
-        <relativePath />
-    </parent>
-
     <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
     <artifactId>liberty-ant-tasks</artifactId>
     <version>1.9.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -25,6 +18,15 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Cheryl King</name>
+            <email>developers@openliberty.io</email>
+            <organization>Open Liberty</organization>
+            <url>https://github.com/OpenLiberty</url>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:openliberty/ci.ant.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:openliberty/ci.ant.git</developerConnection>
@@ -32,20 +34,18 @@
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <!-- Configure Sonatype OSS Maven snapshots repository -->
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>maven-central-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Maven Central Snapshot Repository</name>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
         <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
+            <id>maven-central-releases</id>
+            <name>Maven Central Release Repository</name>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher</url>
         </repository>
-    </repositories>
+    </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -63,41 +63,26 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.13</version>
+            <version>1.10.15</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.0</version>
+            <version>2.20.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20231013</version>
+            <version>20250517</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.2</version>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.1</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.9.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
                 </configuration>
@@ -111,6 +96,17 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                    <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                    <releaseProfiles>sonatype-oss-release</releaseProfiles>
+                    <goals>deploy</goals>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -176,5 +172,65 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>sonatype-oss-release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <publishingServerId>maven-central-releases</publishingServerId>
+                            <deploymentName>${project.artifactId}</deploymentName>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.1</version>
+                        <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>3.11.2</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.2.8</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>