diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b23518b..a5e2ab1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components</groupId>
     <artifactId>redback-components</artifactId>
     <version>2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath></relativePath>
   </parent>  
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback.components.registry</groupId>