diff --git a/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml b/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
index cd50121d..22f41162 100644
--- a/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
+++ b/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         should also work for XRechnung/CII.
     </name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.compilerVersion>11</maven.compiler.compilerVersion>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>validator</artifactId>
-            <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <!-- prototypes of new mustangproject versions can be installed by referring to them and installed to the local repo from a jar file with
            mvn install:install-file -Dfile=mustang-1.5.4-SNAPSHOT.jar -DgroupId=org.mustangproject.ZUGFeRD -DartifactId=mustang -Dversion=1.5.4 -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true
            -->
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 6062873a..10442661 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>library</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Library to write, read and validate e-invoices (Factur-X, ZUGFeRD, Order-X, XRechnung/CII)</name>
     <description>FOSS Java library to read, write and validate european electronic invoices and orders in the UN/CEFACT
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
         <url>https://github.com/ZUGFeRD/mustangproject</url>
         <tag>core-2.3.2</tag>
     </scm>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository><!-- for jargs -->
+            <id>sonatype-oss-public</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
             <id>internal.repo</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a433574a..52b863b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>    <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Mustang</name>
 
     <modules>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 						error message :-( -->
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
                         <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-                            <version>2.1.0</version>
+                            <version>1.9.5</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
@@ -67,19 +67,31 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7.0</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/</nexusUrl>
+                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
-                    <argLine>-Duser.timezone=UTC</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadoc</id>
@@ -91,14 +103,14 @@
     </build>
 
     <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>gitlab-maven</id>
-            <url>https://dev.usegroup.de/api/v4/projects/63/packages/maven</url>
-        </repository>
         <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>gitlab-maven</id>
-            <url>https://dev.usegroup.de/api/v4/projects/63/packages/maven</url>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/validator/pom.xml b/validator/pom.xml
index 7c1d76a4..57866cba 100644
--- a/validator/pom.xml
+++ b/validator/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
@@ -11,7 +11,20 @@
     <name>Library to validate e-invoices (ZUGFeRD, Factur-X and Xrechnung)</name>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <!-- for jargs -->
+            <id>sonatype-oss-public</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.deploy.skip>false
@@ -25,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>library</artifactId>
-            <version>2.18.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>