diff --git a/deploy/maven/sonatype-settings.xml b/deploy/maven/sonatype-settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fb124457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/maven/sonatype-settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2016 Uber Technologies, Inc. (hoodie-dev-group@uber.com)
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~           http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
+                              http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <username>${env.SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
+      <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+</settings>
diff --git a/deploy/pubring.gpg.enc b/deploy/pubring.gpg.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcbdf8089
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diff --git a/deploy/scripts/publish.sh b/deploy/scripts/publish.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..29b1d910f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname $0`
+DEPLOY_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/..
+openssl aes-256-cbc -pass pass:$gpg.passphrase -in $DEPLOY_DIR/pubring.gpg.enc -out pubring.gpg -d
+openssl aes-256-cbc -pass pass:$gpg.passphrase -in $DEPLOY_DIR/secring.gpg.enc -out secring.gpg -d
diff --git a/deploy/secring.gpg.enc b/deploy/secring.gpg.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d6e0e13f
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c2384785..5cd55fe18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                    <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                    <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                    <goals>deploy</goals>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
+
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
@@ -444,4 +451,85 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>performRelease</name>
+                    <value>true</value>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.2.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.9.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+                            <quiet>true</quiet>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.2</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>