diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d60a48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+_extends: .github
+tag-template: central-repository-pom-$NEXT_MINOR_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8267b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": [
+    "config:base",
+    ":semanticCommitsDisabled"
+  ],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "reviewers": [
+    "team:core"
+  ],
+  "labels": [
+    "dependencies"
+  ],
+  "schedule": ["on the first day of the month"],
+  "rebaseWhen": "conflicted"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f87134b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Note: additional setup is required, see https://github.com/jenkinsci/.github/blob/master/.github/release-drafter.adoc
+
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into the default branch
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 524f096..32d2a70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 replay_pid*
+
+.idea
+target/
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e740fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+node('maven-17') {
+    checkout scm
+    timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+        ansiColor('xterm') {
+            withEnv(['MAVEN_OPTS=-Djansi.force=true']) {
+                sh 'mvn -B -Dstyle.color=always -ntp clean verify'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1c74f2..a3dac1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-# central-repository-pom
\ No newline at end of file
+# central-repository-pom
+
+The parent pom used by Jenkins tooling published to the central repository.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4aecba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>io.jenkins.tools</groupId>
+    <artifactId>central-repository-pom</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <name>Root POM for Publishing Jenkins tooling to the central repository</name>
+    <description>${project.name}</description>
+    <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/central-repository-pom</url>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>MIT license</name>
+            <url>https://opensource.org/license/mit/</url>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Alexander Brandes</name>
+            <id>NotMyFault</id>
+            <email>contact(at)notmyfault.dev</email>
+            <roles>
+                <role>release</role>
+                <role>maintainer</role>
+            </roles>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}</url>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>8</release>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <doclint>syntax,reference,html</doclint>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.13</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+        <extensions>
+            <extension>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0.1</version>
+            </extension>
+            <extension>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0.1</version>
+            </extension>
+        </extensions>
+    </build>
+
+    <reporting>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </reporting>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.1.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <gpgArguments>
+                                        <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                        <arg>loopback</arg>
+                                    </gpgArguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>