diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5e3f4d..d8c7195 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
     <!-- >>> List each service's module here -->
     <module>modules/adminrest</module>
-    
+
     <module>modules/schemaregistry</module>
 
     <module>modules/oauth-client</module>
@@ -503,6 +503,17 @@
       <!-- For this profile, we'll get dependencies from maven central -->
       <repositories></repositories>
 
+      <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+          <!-- We don't deploy snapshot releases -->
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+          <!-- This is where the central publishing plugin will publish artifacts -->
+          <id>central</id>
+          <url>https://central.sonatype.com/</url>
+        </repository>
+      </distributionManagement>
+
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>