diff --git a/buildfile b/buildfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 117df5e6..00000000
--- a/buildfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-repositories.remote << 'http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2/'
-
-# Dependencies
-SLF4J = 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.10'
-SLF4J_LOG4J = 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.5.10'
-LOG4J = 'log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.15'
-SSHD = transitive('org.apache.sshd:sshd-core:jar:0.3.0')
-JCRAFT = 'com.jcraft:jzlib:jar:1.0.7'
-BC = 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15:jar:1.45'
-
-desc 'SSHv2 library for Java'
-define 'sshj', :version=>'0.1alpha', :group=>'sshj' do
-    
-    compile.with(SLF4J, BC, JCRAFT).using(:target=>'1.5')
-
-    test.with(SSHD, LOG4J, SLF4J, SLF4J_LOG4J)
-    
-    package(:jar).exclude('**/examples')
-    package(:sources).exclude('**/examples')
-    package(:javadoc)
-    package(:zip, :classifier=>'examples').path('examples').include(_('**/examples/*.java'))
-    
-end
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9924c47..71927e2e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,22 @@
     <groupId>net.schmizz</groupId>
     <artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>0.1alpha</version>
+    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>sshj</name>
     <description>SSHv2 library for Java</description>
     <url>http://github.com/shikhar/sshj</url>
+
+    <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
+
+    <issueManagement>
+        <system>github</system>
+        <url>http://github.com/shikhar/sshj/issues</url>
+    </issueManagement>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/shikhar/sshj.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:shikhar/sshj.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://github.com/shikhar/sshj</url>
     </scm>
 
@@ -28,10 +37,68 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.10</version>
+            <version>1.5.8</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15</artifactId>
+            <version>1.45</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jzlib</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.7</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.6</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
+            <version>0.3.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.8</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.15</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jms</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>oro</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <id>shikhar</id>
@@ -41,4 +108,70 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>examples/*.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                    <source>1.5</source>
+                    <target>1.5</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <profiles>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>performRelease</name>
+                    <value>true</value>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>