diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a59f4902..ad155664 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,27 +1,53 @@
 <?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
-        <artifactId>liquibase-parent-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3.3</version> 
-    </parent>
-
     <groupId>org.liquibase.ext</groupId>
     <artifactId>liquibase-percona</artifactId>
     <version>4.25.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Liquibase Percona Extension</name>
     <description>A Liquibase extension that makes use of the percona toolkit</description>
     <url>https://liquibase.jira.com/wiki/display/CONTRIB/Percona+Online+Schema+Change</url>
+    <organization>
+        <name>Liquibase.org</name>
+        <url>http://www.liquibase.org</url>
+    </organization>
+    <inceptionYear>2014</inceptionYear>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+    <issueManagement>
+        <url>https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase-percona/issues</url>
+        <system>github</system>
+    </issueManagement>
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:http://github.com/liquibase/liquibase-percona.git</connection>
+        <url>https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase-percona</url>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>adangel</id>
+            <name>Andreas Dangel</name>
+            <email>andreas.dangel at adangel.org</email>
+            <timezone>+1</timezone>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
 
     <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
         <!-- Note: this needs to be updated for each release: "date -u -Iseconds" -->
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-11-16T08:01:37+00:00</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <liquibase.version>4.25.0</liquibase.version>
         <mysql.connector.version>8.2.0</mysql.connector.version>
         <mariadb.connector.version>3.2.0</mariadb.connector.version>
         <percona.toolkit.version>3.5.5</percona.toolkit.version>
+
         <config_host>127.0.0.1</config_host>
         <!--
         Docker will choose a random free port for the mysql instance
@@ -37,10 +63,20 @@
         <config_dbname>testdb</config_dbname>
         <mysql_image>mysql:8.2</mysql_image>
         <mariadb_image>mariadb:11</mariadb_image>
+
         <docker.removeVolumes>true</docker.removeVolumes>
         <percona.toolkit.usecache>true</percona.toolkit.usecache>
         <percona.toolkit.cachedir>${project.basedir}/.cache</percona.toolkit.cachedir>
         <itPrebuildHookScript>../sharedScripts/setup</itPrebuildHookScript>
+        <sonar.organization>liquibase</sonar.organization>
+        <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
+        <sonar.scm.provider>git</sonar.scm.provider>
+        <sonar.qualitygate.wait>true</sonar.qualitygate.wait>
+        <sonar.sources>src/main/java</sonar.sources>
+        <sonar.tests>src/test/java</sonar.tests>
+        <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
+        <sonar.projectKey>liquibase_${project.artifactId}</sonar.projectKey>
+        <sonar.projectDescription>${project.description}</sonar.projectDescription>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -171,11 +207,6 @@
                     <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>0.43.4</version>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.0</version>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -190,6 +221,70 @@
         </pluginManagement>
     
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-pom</id>
+                        <phase>initialize</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifacts>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <file>${project.basedir}/pom.xml</file>
+                                    <type>pom</type>
+                                    <classifier>original</classifier>
+                                </artifact>
+                            </artifacts>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    <optimize>true</optimize>
+                    <debug>true</debug>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-java</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireJavaVersion>
+                                    <version>${java.version}</version>
+                                </requireJavaVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
@@ -254,9 +349,33 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <!-- Required for deployment to Sonatype -->
@@ -483,4 +602,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
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