diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c498eb980fd..d0028a664d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,17 +5,20 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.flatbuffers</groupId>
   <artifactId>flatbuffers-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.2</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>FlatBuffers Java API</name>
   <description>
     Memory Efficient Serialization Library
   </description>
-
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Wouter van Oortmerssen</name>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
-
   <url>https://github.com/google/flatbuffers</url>
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -32,6 +35,12 @@
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
   </dependencies>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>java</sourceDirectory>
     <plugins>
@@ -84,6 +93,42 @@
         <version>3.0.1</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.7</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+          <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+          <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>sign</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5.3</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+          <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+          <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+          <goals>deploy</goals>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>