diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af3f275f2..b2a0086af 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <maven-site-plugin.version>3.3</maven-site-plugin.version>
     <maven-source-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
+    <maven-jar-plugin.version>2.3.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <javadoc.plugin.version>3.1.0</javadoc.plugin.version>
     <doclint>none</doclint>
   </properties>
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.1</version>
+        <version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifestEntries>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 1c2167e35..3e4c2f822 100755
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+    <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.7.34</version>
+  </parent>
+  
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.34-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
   
   <name>SLF4J LOG4J-12 Binding relocated</name>
   <description>SLF4J LOG4J-12 relocated to slf4j-reload4j</description>
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>      
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
-  
 
   
+  
 </project>