diff --git a/.buildscript/deploy_snapshot.sh b/.buildscript/deploy_snapshot.sh
index 3b97bb9f..db2fac4a 100644
--- a/.buildscript/deploy_snapshot.sh
+++ b/.buildscript/deploy_snapshot.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ elif [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" != "$BRANCH" ]; then
   echo "Skipping snapshot deployment: wrong branch. Expected '$BRANCH' but was '$TRAVIS_BRANCH'."
 else
   echo "Deploying snapshot..."
-  mvn clean source:jar javadoc:jar deploy --settings=".buildscript/settings.xml" -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+  mvn clean source:jar javadoc:jar deploy --settings=".buildscript/settings.xml" -Dmaven.test.skip=true Dgpg.skip
   echo "Snapshot deployed!"
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbb07d9a..86f25883 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,34 +5,34 @@ Please note that this is still **work in progress!**, although quite stable and
 # TikXML
 A fast xml parser for android (and java)
 
-Latest snapshot `0.8.12-SNAPSHOT` available:
-
-```groovy
-repositories {
-  mavenCentral()
-  maven {
-    url 'http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
-  }
-}
-```
-
 ```groovy
-compile 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:annotation:0.8.12-SNAPSHOT'
-compile 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:core:0.8.12-SNAPSHOT'
+compile 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:annotation:0.8.13'
+compile 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:core:0.8.13'
 
-apt 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:processor:0.8.12-SNAPSHOT'
+apt 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:processor:0.8.13'
 ```
 
 For retrofit2:
 
 ```groovy
-compile 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:retrofit-converter:0.8.12-SNAPSHOT'
+compile 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:retrofit-converter:0.8.13'
 ```
 
 Also, an [AutoValue](https://github.com/google/auto/tree/master/value) extension is available:
 
 ```groovy
-apt 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:auto-value-tikxml:0.8.12-SNAPSHOT'
+apt 'com.tickaroo.tikxml:auto-value-tikxml:0.8.13'
+```
+
+Latest snapshot `0.8.14-SNAPSHOT` available:
+
+```groovy
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+  maven {
+    url 'http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
+  }
+}
 ```
 
 # Documentation
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ 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.
 ```
+
+
+#### Releaseing on Maven central
+
+If you are a Tickaroo employee and you want to release a new version on maven central, 
+take a look [at this document](https://github.com/Tickaroo/tikxml/Releasing.md)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Releasing.md b/Releasing.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5eb8ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Releasing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Releasing
+
+## Version
+
+- Ensure that the public / private key pair to sign the artifacts are installed on your local machine. Ask Hannes or Andi where to get it from.
+- From command line run the following commands.
+  ````
+  mvn clean source:jar javadoc:jar  dokka:javadocJar deploy --settings="releaseSettings.xml" -Dtickaroo.password=secretPassword -Dgpg.passphrase=secredPassphraseOfSigningKey
+  ````
+-  Login into [https://oss.sonatype.org/](https://oss.sonatype.org/) with tickaroo account (username=tickaroo, password same as in -Dtickaroo.password=secretPassword), then go into "Staging Repositories" and close and release the repository to finally publish the artifacts on maven central.
+ 
+  
+## Snapshots
+Travis CI is already configured to publish snapshots of every git commit / push to master branch.
+Note that for snapshot, signing of artifacts is not required. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/annotation/pom.xml b/annotation/pom.xml
index e6ff4328..c544d77b 100644
--- a/annotation/pom.xml
+++ b/annotation/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
                     <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/annotationprocessingtesting/pom.xml b/annotationprocessingtesting/pom.xml
index bbee5e05..7d6beff9 100644
--- a/annotationprocessingtesting/pom.xml
+++ b/annotationprocessingtesting/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/autovalue/pom.xml b/autovalue/pom.xml
index 43b98852..72acd348 100644
--- a/autovalue/pom.xml
+++ b/autovalue/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@
           <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 059dc8fc..2679f834 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/converters/date-rfc3339/pom.xml b/converters/date-rfc3339/pom.xml
index c69658f9..475a1db4 100644
--- a/converters/date-rfc3339/pom.xml
+++ b/converters/date-rfc3339/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>converters</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
           <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/converters/htmlescape/pom.xml b/converters/htmlescape/pom.xml
index 6195822f..119f11e4 100644
--- a/converters/htmlescape/pom.xml
+++ b/converters/htmlescape/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>converters</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
           <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/converters/pom.xml b/converters/pom.xml
index 823f7b61..2ce2cff7 100644
--- a/converters/pom.xml
+++ b/converters/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8a71e9fc..2a09ad4b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5aa804ef..586019fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
   <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>annotation</module>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <assertj.version>1.7.0</assertj.version>
 
-
+    <gpg.keyname>E1FB7CBA</gpg.keyname>
   </properties>
 
   <scm>
@@ -189,6 +189,38 @@
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.5</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <keyname>${gpg.keyname}</keyname>
+          </configuration>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+              <phase>verify</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>sign</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
+          <artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.9.15</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <phase>pre-site</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>dokka</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
@@ -264,6 +296,10 @@
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -294,6 +330,25 @@
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </snapshots>
     </pluginRepository>
+
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>jcenter</id>
+      <name>JCenter</name>
+      <url>https://jcenter.bintray.com/</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+
   </pluginRepositories>
 
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/processor-common/pom.xml b/processor-common/pom.xml
index b74e1e1b..2ec3e632 100644
--- a/processor-common/pom.xml
+++ b/processor-common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
   </build>
diff --git a/processor/pom.xml b/processor/pom.xml
index de747818..7015ed1e 100644
--- a/processor/pom.xml
+++ b/processor/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-        <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
diff --git a/releaseSettings.xml b/releaseSettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3aa18b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releaseSettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2015 Hannes Dorfmann
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2015 Tickaroo, Inc.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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.
+  ~
+  -->
+
+<settings>
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <username>tickaroo</username>
+            <password>${tickaroo.password}</password> <!-- passed as command line parameter -->
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/retrofit-converter/pom.xml b/retrofit-converter/pom.xml
index 9555727c..ad063321 100644
--- a/retrofit-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/retrofit-converter/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.tickaroo.tikxml</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>