diff --git a/config/pom.xml b/config/pom.xml
index 8878eb4b..4fc961f6 100644
--- a/config/pom.xml
+++ b/config/pom.xml
@@ -103,5 +103,19 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>          
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>  
 
 </project>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index d444e390..b6387b14 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -160,5 +160,19 @@
     </plugins>
 
   </build>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>          
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f2c1829..dd5a3bdd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -344,10 +344,6 @@
             <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
             <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
             <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-            <!--
-              Allows manual inspection of the staging repo before deploying it to the central repo.
-              Use 'mvn nexus-staging:release -Prelease' to release and 'mvn nexus-staging:drop' to abort.
-            -->
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
diff --git a/protocol/pom.xml b/protocol/pom.xml
index 94904d59..e5b7fedc 100644
--- a/protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/protocol/pom.xml
@@ -102,5 +102,19 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>          
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>  
 
 </project>