diff --git a/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml b/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml
index c036c6c66..f5b37097d 100644
--- a/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/cuvs-java/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,37 @@
     <!-- NOTE: The version automatically gets updated when ci/release/update-version.sh is invoked. -->
     <!--CUVS_JAVA#VERSION_UPDATE_MARKER_START--><version>25.02.0</version><!--CUVS_JAVA#VERSION_UPDATE_MARKER_END-->
     <name>cuvs-java</name>
+    <description>
+        This project provides Java bindings for cuVS, enabling approximate nearest neighbors search and clustering
+        on the GPU. As this is experimental, some APIs may change.
+    </description>
+    <url>https://rapids.ai</url>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+            <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/rapidsai/cuvs.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:rapidsai/cuvs.git</developerConnection>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <url>https://github.com/rapidsai/cuvs</url>
+    </scm>
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>rapidsai</id>
+            <name>rapidsai</name>
+            <email>cuvs@rapids.ai</email>
+            <roles>
+                <role>Maintainer</role>
+                <role>Committer</role>
+            </roles>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
@@ -31,8 +62,17 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>22</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <gpg.passphrase>${GPG_PASSPHRASE}</gpg.passphrase>
     </properties>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -193,6 +233,72 @@
                     <reportOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</reportOutputDirectory>
                 </configuration>
             </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>
+                <execution>
+                    <id>test-jars</id>
+                    <goals>
+                        <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+                <excludeResources>true</excludeResources>
+            </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.9.1</version>
+            <executions>
+                <execution>
+                    <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                    <goals>
+                        <goal>jar</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+                    </configuration>
+                </execution>
+            </executions>
+        </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.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>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+
+
 </project>