diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e967f6a..89dc5c94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>io.beanmapper</groupId>
     <artifactId>beanmapper</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>42 Bean Mapper</name>
     <description>Easy-to-use bean mapper for conversion from form to object to view</description>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/42BV/beanmapper</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:42BV/beanmapper.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:42BV/beanmapper.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v4.0.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -102,101 +102,51 @@
             <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.10.1</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>${java.version}</source>
+                        <target>${java.version}</target>
+                        <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.22.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
+                        <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                        <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                        <goals>deploy</goals>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.8</version>
+                <version>1.6.13</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
-                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                    <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
                     <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
                     <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <!-- Fixes release commit creation on systems which are not in English -->
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.9.2</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</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-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>sign</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -216,7 +166,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
@@ -232,4 +181,57 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.4.1</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <source>${java.version}</source>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.2.1</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-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
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