diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1550a97..ea83021 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
 
+  <!-- brings the sonatype snapshot repository and signing requirement on board -->
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>9</version>
+    <relativePath />
+  </parent>
+
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -44,6 +52,23 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <scm>
+      <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/ilri/dspace-curation-tasks.git</connection>
+      <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:nanosai/dspace-curation-tasks.git</developerConnection>
+      <url>http://github.com/ilri/dspace-curation-tasks</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+      <snapshotRepository>
+          <id>ossrh</id>
+          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      </snapshotRepository>
+      <repository>
+          <id>ossrh</id>
+          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+      </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
       <plugins>