diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 5f0f92eb..3f1f9807 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
         <artifactId>bitcoinj-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>bitcoinj-core</artifactId>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-    <url>https://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj</url>
+    <url>https://bitcoinj.github.io</url>
 
     <licenses>
         <license>
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
                                     <!-- Format is URN of groupId:artifactId:version:type:classifier:scope:hash -->
                                     <!-- classifier is "null" if not present -->
                                     <urns>
+                                        <urn>org.bitcoinj:orchid:1.0:jar:null:compile:bd98285f39f88875bb91bde940d6ca2d020edaa4</urn>
                                         <urn>cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2:jar:null:test:59afed7ab65e7ec6585d5bc60556c3cbd203532b</urn>
                                         <urn>com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:2.0.1:jar:null:compile:516c03b21d50a644d538de0f0369c620989cd8f0</urn>
                                         <urn>com.google.guava:guava:16.0.1:jar:null:compile:5fa98cd1a63c99a44dd8d3b77e4762b066a5d0c5</urn>
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@
                                     <outputDirectory>target/test-classes/</outputDirectory>
                                     <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>bitcoinj-core</artifactId>
-                                    <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                                    <version>0.12</version>
                                 </artifactItem>
                             </artifactItems>
                         </configuration>
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
             <artifactId>orchid</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/VersionMessage.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/VersionMessage.java
index b266a9b1..ac09873d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/VersionMessage.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/VersionMessage.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class VersionMessage extends Message {
     public boolean relayTxesBeforeFilter;
 
     /** The version of this library release, as a string. */
-    public static final String BITCOINJ_VERSION = "0.12-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String BITCOINJ_VERSION = "0.12";
     /** The value that is prepended to the subVer field of this application. */
     public static final String LIBRARY_SUBVER = "/bitcoinj:" + BITCOINJ_VERSION + "/";
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 0bf53031..a88c7f05 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
         <artifactId>bitcoinj-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/orchid/pom.xml b/orchid/pom.xml
index e5b6cbff..c421c3c1 100644
--- a/orchid/pom.xml
+++ b/orchid/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
         <artifactId>bitcoinj-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>orchid</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0</version>
 
     <name>Orchid</name>
     <description>Tor library</description>
@@ -169,6 +169,21 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d3f3dea..40c99d1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 
   <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
   <artifactId>bitcoinj-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.12</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>examples</module>
     <module>tools</module>
-    <module>orchid</module>
   </modules>
 
   <parent>
@@ -188,6 +187,56 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+
+      <profile>
+          <id>release</id>
+          <build>
+              <plugins>
+                  <plugin>
+                      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                      <executions>
+                          <execution>
+                              <id>attach-sources</id>
+                              <phase>verify</phase>
+                              <goals>
+                                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                              </goals>
+                          </execution>
+                      </executions>
+                  </plugin>
+
+                  <plugin>
+                      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                      <version>2.9.1</version>
+                      <executions>
+                          <execution>
+                              <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                              <goals>
+                                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                              </goals>
+                          </execution>
+                      </executions>
+                  </plugin>
+
+                  <plugin>
+                      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                      <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                      <version>1.5</version>
+                      <executions>
+                          <execution>
+                              <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                              <phase>verify</phase>
+                              <goals>
+                                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                              </goals>
+                          </execution>
+                      </executions>
+                  </plugin>
+              </plugins>
+          </build>
+      </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index aa01f695..4d91f54b 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
     <artifactId>bitcoinj-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.12</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/wallettemplate/pom.xml b/wallettemplate/pom.xml
index 21263b40..aae8cc2f 100644
--- a/wallettemplate/pom.xml
+++ b/wallettemplate/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
     <artifactId>wallettemplate</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0</version>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
             <artifactId>bitcoinj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>