diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f229ffa..46817eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <logback.version>1.4.8</logback.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <developers>
@@ -42,50 +46,22 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>ci</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>env.CI</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.coveo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>check</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
   <dependencies>
     <!--compile scope-->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.32</version>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.9</version>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.9</version>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
@@ -188,26 +164,61 @@
           </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>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>sign</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <gpgArguments>
-                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
-                <arg>loopback</arg>
-              </gpgArguments>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>ci</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>env.CI</name>
+          <value>true</value>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>com.coveo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>check</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <gpgArguments>
+                    <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                    <arg>loopback</arg>
+                  </gpgArguments>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>