diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index faf2e11e7b128c54a42c563f43c342777967a19f..53dd536971dd3806dc0a7bda95e5f92421ac1e65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+        <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>7</version>
+    </parent>
+  
     <groupId>com.github.joelittlejohn.embedmongo</groupId>
     <artifactId>embedmongo-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>