diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ae56cf905894b235076ee77335d44b42b66e293..23963c56e0e7f932257ef29d4b05473690f03464 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.syncleus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>syncleus</artifactId>
+        <version>2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>com.syncleus.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-mongodb-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -195,10 +201,18 @@
         </contributor>
     </contributors>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
-    </properties>
+    <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>
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
@@ -224,95 +238,33 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <!-- This is temporary until we get the javadocs to compile -->
-                    <sourcepath>src/main/java/</sourcepath>
-                    <show>public</show>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-enableassertions</argLine>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <header>NOTICE</header>
-                    <strictCheck>true</strictCheck>
-                    <aggregate>true</aggregate>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <failIfMissing>true</failIfMissing>
                     <skipExistingHeaders>false</skipExistingHeaders>
-                    <includes>
-                        <include>**/src/main/java/**</include>
-                        <include>**/src/test/java/**</include>
-                    </includes>
                 </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>format</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-descriptor</id>
-                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>sign</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <formats>
-                        <format>xml</format>
-                    </formats>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
@@ -342,8 +294,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
@@ -363,10 +313,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <linkJavadoc>true</linkJavadoc>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -375,11 +321,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludePackageNames>*.xml</excludePackageNames>
-                    <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>