diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index 0ed680771..82d4f6d13 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@
     <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
     <version>0.72</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <name>XGBoost JVM Package</name>
+    <description>JVM Package for XGBoost</description>
+    <url>https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/tree/master/jvm-packages</url>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>CodingCat</name>
+            <email>codingcat@apache.org</email>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git:/github.com/dmlc/xgboost.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/dmlc/xgboost.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost</url>
+    </scm>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -32,6 +52,98 @@
         <module>xgboost4j-flink</module>
     </modules>
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.2</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>empty-javadoc-jar</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
+                                    <classesDirectory>${basedir}/javadoc</classesDirectory>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <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>
+                        <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.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.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.7</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.9.1</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <excludePackageNames>
+                                ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.example
+                            </excludePackageNames>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>assembly</id>
             <build>
@@ -111,8 +223,27 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.15.2</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.scalastyle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>scalastyle-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -136,30 +267,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludePackageNames>
-                        ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.example
-                    </excludePackageNames>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-sources</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -181,7 +288,6 @@
                                 </jvmArgs>
                             </configuration>
                         </plugin>
-                        ...
                     </reportPlugins>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>