diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9df919..a3b8e96 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
   <name>CustomVillagerTrades</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>github-repository</id>
+      <url>https://github.com/Reldeam/CustomVillagerTrades/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <scm>
+    <url>https://github.com/Reldeam/CustomVillagerTrades/</url>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/Reldeam/CustomVillagerTrades</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/Reldeam/CustomVillagerTrades</developerConnection>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+  </scm>
+
   <properties>
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -35,11 +49,6 @@
       <type>jar</type>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-      <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.30</version>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a64332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#release configuration
+#Thu Jan 27 11:30:10 AEDT 2022
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+remoteTagging=true
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+pushChanges=true
+completedPhase=check-poms
+scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/Reldeam/CustomVillagerTrades
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify