diff --git a/java/carrier/pom.xml b/java/carrier/pom.xml
index 5170ebd42..1cbca456e 100644
--- a/java/carrier/pom.xml
+++ b/java/carrier/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>carrier</artifactId>
   <version>2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>carrier</name>
   <url>https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/</url>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/java/demo/pom.xml b/java/demo/pom.xml
index 3b53c6044..7fe558999 100644
--- a/java/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/java/demo/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
   <version>9.0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
+  <name>demo</name>
   <url>https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/</url>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.googlecode.libphonenumber</groupId>
diff --git a/java/geocoder/pom.xml b/java/geocoder/pom.xml
index 7ebe7c234..45fb2a9a1 100644
--- a/java/geocoder/pom.xml
+++ b/java/geocoder/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>geocoder</artifactId>
   <version>3.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>geocoder</name>
   <url>https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/</url>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml b/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml
index 8d9065668..c8f2a40a7 100644
--- a/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml
+++ b/java/internal/prefixmapper/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>prefixmapper</artifactId>
   <version>3.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>prefixmapper</name>
   <url>https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/</url>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml b/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
index 7bc5cc6b3..63c7e39c4 100644
--- a/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
+++ b/java/libphonenumber/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>libphonenumber</artifactId>
   <version>9.0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>libphonenumber</name>
   <url>https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/</url>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 254820d56..6b49f6bf4 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>libphonenumber-parent</artifactId>
   <version>9.0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>libphonenumber-parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/</url>
 
   <description>
@@ -166,6 +167,28 @@
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>sign</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <gpgArguments>
+            <arg>--batch</arg>
+            <arg>--yes</arg>
+            <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+            <arg>loopback</arg>
+          </gpgArguments>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
         <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -178,36 +201,6 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>performRelease</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <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>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>sign</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
   <!-- Until 08. Dec 2016, this pom worked with maven-release-plugin at 2.2.1
        and default SCM dependencies. On 11. Jan, 2017 that was no longer the
        case, presumably because the default SCM version changed (cannot find