diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9f527de63986aa6d194bfb829a2a278c9e36829..ddab5d4fb8418e32336201f8f0e84f60d69cf8e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.syncleus</groupId>
         <artifactId>syncleus</artifactId>
-        <version>3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.syncleus.aparapi</groupId>
@@ -64,21 +64,22 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>ossrh.snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <build>
         <defaultGoal>package</defaultGoal>
+        <plugins>
+            <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>
+
+        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <profiles>