diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e7bdd9..5032850 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   
   <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-    <artifactId>activemq-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.2.0</version>
+    <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+    <version>4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.activemq.protobuf</groupId>
@@ -36,6 +36,29 @@
     A Simpler Protocol Buffer Java API.  Comes with a built in proto file compiler and Java source code generator.
   </description>
 
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.0.8</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+
+  <url>http://activemq.apache.org</url>
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Development List</name>
+      <subscribe>dev-subscribe@activemq.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>dev-unsubscribe@activemq.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>dev@activemq.apache.org</post>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <site>
+      <!-- this needs to match a server in your settings.xml with upload settings -->
+      <id>activemq-website</id>
+      <!-- set the staging.siteURL in your ~/.m2/settings.xml in a release or other profile -->
+      <url>${staging.siteURL}/${siteId}/maven/${activemq-version}</url>
+      <!--<url>${site-repo-url}</url>-->
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
   <modules>
     <module>activemq-protobuf</module>
     <module>activemq-protobuf-test</module>
@@ -47,4 +70,309 @@
     <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/activemq/activemq-protobuf/trunk/</url>
   </scm>
 
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
+            <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>sign</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0-beta-7</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>process</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <configuration>
+                <properties>
+                  <projectName>${projectName}</projectName>
+                </properties>
+                <resourceBundles>
+                  <resourceBundle>org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle:1.4</resourceBundle>
+                </resourceBundles>
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-stage-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-alpha-1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tools-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javacc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <excludeSubProjects>false</excludeSubProjects>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <index>true</index>
+            <compress>true</compress>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <instructions>
+            <Bundle-Name>${artifactId}</Bundle-Name>
+            <Bundle-SymbolicName>${groupId}.${artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
+            <Export-Package>org.apache.activemq.protobuf.*</Export-Package>
+            <Implementation-Title>Apache ActiveMQ Protobuf</Implementation-Title>
+            <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
+          </instructions>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.5</source>
+          <target>1.5</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <forkMode>once</forkMode>
+          <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <outputDirectory>${basedir}/eclipse-classes</outputDirectory>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tools-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>verify-legal-files</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>verify-legal-files</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- Fail the build if no legal files were found -->
+              <strict>true</strict>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-stage-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <links>
+            <link>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/</link>
+            <link>http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/</link>
+          </links>
+          <!--
+          <stylesheetfile>${basedir}/../etc/css/stylesheet.css</stylesheetfile>
+          -->
+          <linksource>true</linksource>
+          <maxmemory>900m</maxmemory>
+          <source>1.5</source>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+              <goals>deploy</goals>
+              <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
+              <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- We want a source jar -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- We want to sign the artifact, the POM, and all attached artifacts -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>true</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+              <passphrase>${gpg.passphrase}</passphrase>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- We want to deploy the artifact to a staging location for perusal -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>true</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+                <altDeploymentRepository>${staging.altRepository}/${siteId}</altDeploymentRepository>
+              <updateReleaseInfo>true</updateReleaseInfo>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- We want the JavaDoc JAR published with the release -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>true</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+              <source>1.5</source>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
 </project>