diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0156a7c..0b3fed5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ target
 /work/
 pom.xml.releaseBackup
 release.properties
+.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a037bfab..b790e989 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -352,6 +352,37 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<inherited>true</inherited>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<!-- Tidy up all POMs before they are published -->
+						<id>flatten</id>
+						<phase>process-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>flatten</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+							<flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
+							<pomElements>
+								<parent>expand</parent>
+								<distributionManagement>remove</distributionManagement>
+								<repositories>remove</repositories>
+							</pomElements>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>flatten-clean</id>
+						<phase>clean</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>clean</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 
 		<pluginManagement>
@@ -506,6 +537,12 @@
 					<version>3.0.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+					<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>1.1.0</version>
+				</plugin>
+
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
diff --git a/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml
index 9c967b56..84c7510d 100644
--- a/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-vault-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -178,6 +178,37 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.1.0</version>
+				<inherited>false</inherited>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>flatten</id>
+						<phase>process-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>flatten</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+							<flattenMode>bom</flattenMode>
+							<pomElements>
+								<pluginManagement>keep</pluginManagement>
+								<properties>keep</properties>
+								<repositories>remove</repositories>
+							</pomElements>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>flatten-clean</id>
+						<phase>clean</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>clean</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>