diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b33b416..f0ba5de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,24 +3,64 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.sitepark.ies</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ies-extension-api</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>IES extension api</name>
 	<description>API to extend the core functionality of the IES</description>
+
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
 			<name>The MIT License</name>
 			<url>https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</url>
 		</license>
 	</licenses>
+
+	<organization>
+		<name>Sitepark</name>
+		<url>https://www.sitepark.com</url>
+	</organization>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<id>veltrup@sitepark</id>
+			<name>Holger Veltrup</name>
+			<email>veltrup@sitepark.com</email>
+			<url>https://github.com/sitepark-veltrup</url>
+			<organization>Sitepark</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>https://www.sitepark.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
 	<properties>
+		<junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
+		<spotbugs.version>4.8.0</spotbugs.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+		<maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
+		<gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
 	</properties>
+
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:sitepark/ies-extension-api.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:sitepark/ies-extension-api.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/sitepark/ies-extension-api</url>
+		<tag>HEAD</tag>
 	</scm>
+
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+				<artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+				<version>${junit.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
 	<dependencies>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -47,13 +87,11 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-			<version>5.10.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-			<version>5.10.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -81,6 +119,10 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.11.0</version>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.3.0</version>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -99,6 +141,41 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.6.0</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<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>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0.1</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<scmCommentPrefix>ci(release): </scmCommentPrefix>
+					<tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -111,13 +188,42 @@
 						</goals>
 						<configuration>
 							<rules>
+								<banDuplicatePomDependencyVersions />
 								<requireMavenVersion>
 									<version>3.8</version>
 								</requireMavenVersion>
+								<requireJavaVersion>
+									<version>21</version>
+								</requireJavaVersion>
 							</rules>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>verify-release</id>
+						<phase>none</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>enforce</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<rules>
+								<requireReleaseDeps>
+									<failWhenParentIsSnapshot>false</failWhenParentIsSnapshot>
+									<message>No Snapshots Allowed!</message>
+								</requireReleaseDeps>
+								<requireReleaseDepsInPlugins
+									implementation="org.apache.maven.enforcer.rule.requireReleaseDepsInPlugins" />
+							</rules>
+							<fail>true</fail>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
 				</executions>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>io.github.thefolle</groupId>
+						<artifactId>glowing-waffle</artifactId>
+						<version>1.2.0</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
@@ -164,7 +270,7 @@
 				<version>3.3.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+					<inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
 					<consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
 					<failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
 					<linkXRef>false</linkXRef>