diff --git a/interweb-client/pom.xml b/interweb-client/pom.xml
index 739a9884..53721b69 100644
--- a/interweb-client/pom.xml
+++ b/interweb-client/pom.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,29 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Interweb Client</name>
+    <description>Versatile API that consolidates multiple data providers into one unified interface</description>
+    <url>https://github.com/l3s-learnweb/interweb</url>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
-    </properties>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>MIT license</name>
+            <url>https://github.com/l3s-learnweb/interweb/blob/main/LICENSE</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Oleh Astappiev</name>
+            <email>astappiev@l3s.de</email>
+            <organization>Research Center L3S</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>https://l3s.de</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <scm>
+        <url>https://github.com/l3s-learnweb/interweb/tree/main</url>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:l3s-learnweb/interweb.git</connection>
+    </scm>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -51,13 +70,35 @@
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>sign</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
@@ -77,6 +118,16 @@
                     </artifactSet>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                    <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+                    <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/interweb-core/pom.xml b/interweb-core/pom.xml
index 7797931f..94d63c0b 100644
--- a/interweb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/interweb-core/pom.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
     <name>Interweb-core</name>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49dd5d7f..b4268e54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
         <dependency-plugin.version>3.8.0</dependency-plugin.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <source-plugin.version>3.3.1</source-plugin.version>
+        <javadoc-plugin.version>3.10.1</javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <gpg-plugin.version>3.2.7</gpg-plugin.version>
+        <sonatype-plugin.version>0.6.0</sonatype-plugin.version>
         <resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</resources-plugin.version>
         <shade-plugin.version>3.6.0</shade-plugin.version>
         <jandex-plugin.version>3.2.2</jandex-plugin.version>
@@ -50,14 +53,6 @@
         <module>connectors/YouTubeConnector</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>github</id>
-            <name>Learnweb GitHub Packages</name>
-            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/l3s-learnweb/learnweb</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
@@ -127,6 +122,22 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${source-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
+            <!-- Creates a jar archive with sources of the project -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <!-- Creates a jar archive with sources of the project -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${gpg-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <!-- Publishing to sonatype repositories -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${sonatype-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
             <!-- Handles the copying of project resources to the output directory -->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>