diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2ea4e7..5d2d915 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,38 +1,50 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
--->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 
+	license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional 
+	information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to 
+	You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use 
+	this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 
+	the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required 
+	by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the 
+	License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS 
+	OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific 
+	language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>io.teknek</groupId>
+	
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+		<artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+		<version>RELEASE</version>
+	</parent>
+	
+	<groupId>org.apache.gossip</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gossip</artifactId>
 	<name>gossip</name>
-	<version>0.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<description>A peer to peer cluster discovery service</description>
+	<version>0.1.0-incubating</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-
+	<description>A peer to peer cluster discovery service</description>
+	<url>http://gossip.incubator.apache.org/</url>
+	
 	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		
+		<!-- dependecy versions -->
+		<jackson-datatype-json-org.version>1.8.0</jackson-datatype-json-org.version>
+		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+		<tunit.version>0.0.0</tunit.version>
+		
+		<!-- plugins versions -->
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-eclipse-plugin.version>2.10</maven-eclipse-plugin.version>
+		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
+		<maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.10</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
-
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-		<artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>7</version>
-	</parent>
-
+	
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
 			<name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -40,34 +52,41 @@
 			<distribution>repo</distribution>
 		</license>
 	</licenses>
-
+	
 	<scm>
-		<url>https://github.com/edwardcapriolo/gossip</url>
-		<connection>https://github.com/edwardcapriolo/gossip.git</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:edwardcapriolo/gossip.git</developerConnection>
+		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/incubator-gossip.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-gossip.git</developerConnection>
+		<url>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/incubator-gossip.git</url>
+		<tag>HEAD</tag>
 	</scm>
+	
+	<issueManagement>
+		<system>JIRA</system>
+		<url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GOSSIP</url>
+	</issueManagement>
+	
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-json-org</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.0</version>
+			<version>${jackson-datatype-json-org.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.11</version>
+			<version>${junit.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-                        <groupId>io.teknek</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>tunit</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.0.0</version>
-                        <scope>test</scope>
-                </dependency>
+			<groupId>io.teknek</groupId>
+			<artifactId>tunit</artifactId>
+			<version>${tunit.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.15</version>
+			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 			<exclusions>
@@ -85,8 +104,8 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
+	
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
@@ -97,6 +116,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
 					<executions>
 						<execution>
 							<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -110,10 +130,9 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.2</version>
-					    <configuration>
-                                            </configuration>
-
+					<version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
+					<configuration>
+					</configuration>
 					<executions>
 						<execution>
 							<goals>
@@ -125,12 +144,11 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.5.1</version>
+					<version>${maven-eclipse-plugin.version}</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<projectNameTemplate>[artifactId]</projectNameTemplate>
 						<wtpmanifest>true</wtpmanifest>
 						<wtpapplicationxml>true</wtpapplicationxml>
-						<wtpversion>1.5</wtpversion>
 						<additionalBuildcommands>
 							<buildcommand>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</buildcommand>
 							<buildcommand>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</buildcommand>
@@ -142,37 +160,81 @@
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
 					<configuration>
-						<source>1.7</source>
-						<target>1.7</target>
+						<source>${java.version}</source>
+						<target>${java.version}</target>
+						<showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.4</version>
+					<version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
+	
 	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>central</id>
+			<name>Maven Repository</name>
+			<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
 	</repositories>
-
+	
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>central</id>
+			<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
+	
 	<developers>
 		<developer>
 			<id>ecapriolo</id>
 			<name>Edward Capriolo</name>
 			<email>edlinuxguru@gmail.com</email>
-			<url />
-			<organization />
-			<organizationUrl />
+			<url>https://github.com/edwardcapriolo</url>
+			<organization>Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://gossip.incubator.apache.org/</organizationUrl>
 			<roles>
 				<role>developer</role>
 			</roles>
 			<timezone>-6</timezone>
 		</developer>
 	</developers>
+	
+	<mailingLists>
+		<mailingList>
+			<name>Dev Mailing List</name>
+			<post>dev@gossip.incubator.apache.org</post>
+			<subscribe>dev-subscribe@gossip.incubator.apache.org</subscribe>
+			<unsubscribe>dev-unsubscribe@gossip.incubator.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+		</mailingList>
+		<mailingList>
+			<name>Commits Mailing List</name>
+			<post>commits@gossip.incubator.apache.org</post>
+			<subscribe>commits-subscribe@gossip.incubator.apache.org</subscribe>
+			<unsubscribe>commits-unsubscribe@gossip.incubator.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+		</mailingList>
+	</mailingLists>
+	
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
 			<id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -187,7 +249,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.1</version>
+						<version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -203,4 +265,3 @@
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>
-