diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f97e78a..04b9e96 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
         <developer>
             <name>Michael Rhöse</name>
             <email>michael.rhoese@varietas.io</email>
+            <organization>varietas.io</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>varietas.io</organizationUrl>
             <roles>
                 <role>Project owner</role>
                 <role>Developer</role>
@@ -80,9 +82,14 @@
                 <artifactId>vertx-rx-java</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.vertx.framework}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+                <artifactId>vertx-tcp-eventbus-bridge</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.vertx.framework}</version>
+            </dependency>
 
             <!-- Dependency injection framework -->
-            <dependency>
+            <!--            <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.spring.framework}</version>
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@
                         <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
-            </dependency>
+            </dependency>-->
             
             <!-- Dependency for logging with logback -->
             <dependency>
@@ -135,18 +142,6 @@
                 <version>${version.googlecode.json-simple}</version>
             </dependency>
             
-            <!-- Dependencies for back-port to Java 7. -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>net.sourceforge.streamsupport</groupId>
-                <artifactId>streamsupport-atomic</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.sourceforge.streamsupport}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>net.sourceforge.streamsupport</groupId>
-                <artifactId>streamsupport-flow</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.sourceforge.streamsupport}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            
             <!-- Dependency for byte code analysis. The internal used asm classes couldn't be used. -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.github.lukehutch</groupId>
@@ -154,6 +149,12 @@
                 <version>2.0.21</version>
             </dependency>
             
+            <!-- Dependency for YAML file parsing. YAML is the prefered format for config files within varietas. -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+                <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+                <version>1.18</version>
+            </dependency>
             
             <!-- Test dependencies -->
             <dependency>
@@ -192,4 +193,93 @@
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
+    
+    <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>release</id>    
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.1</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>2.10.4</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6</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>1.6.8</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <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>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
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