diff --git a/nbactions.xml b/nbactions.xml
index 72f85d7..68de030 100644
--- a/nbactions.xml
+++ b/nbactions.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
             <displayName>release</displayName>
             <goals>
                 <goal>clean</goal>
-                <goal>release:perform</goal>
+                <goal>source:jar</goal>
+                <goal>javadoc:jar</goal>
+                <goal>package</goal>
+                <goal>gpg:sign</goal>
+                <goal>repository:bundle-create</goal>
             </goals>
-            <properties>
-                <gpg.passphrase>"I come not to praise Caesar"</gpg.passphrase>
-            </properties>
         </action>
     </actions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cc9e16..f40d916 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,17 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <name>rome-modules</name>
+    <description>Plugin collection for the ROME RSS and Atom Utilities</description>
     <url>http://www.rometools.org</url>
+    <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
     <scm>
-        <connection>scm:svn:http://rometools.jira.com/svn/MODULES/trunk</connection>
+        <connection>scm:svn:https://rometools.jira.com/svn/MODULES/trunk</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://rometools.jira.com/svn/MODULES/trunk</developerConnection>
         <url>https://rometools.jira.com/source/browse/MODULES</url>
     </scm>
@@ -35,6 +43,14 @@
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <goals>install</goals>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -42,55 +58,19 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.4</source>
                     <target>1.4</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-    <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>emma-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
-                <inherited>true</inherited>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkMode>once</forkMode>
-                    <reportFormat>xml</reportFormat>
-                    <classesDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-classes/emma/classes</classesDirectory>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>surefire-report-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <inherited>true</inherited>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.1</version>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <linkXref>true</linkXref>
-                    <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
-                    <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
-                    <targetJdk>1.5</targetJdk>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </reporting>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
@@ -119,4 +99,7 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>