diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57896a05..55894c2e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -692,80 +692,13 @@
 
 			<properties>
 				<maven.install.skip>true</maven.install.skip>
-				<skipTests>true</skipTests>
-				<shared.resources>${project.build.directory}/shared-resources
-				</shared.resources>
-				<generated-asciidoc-sources.directory>
-					${project.build.directory}/generated-asciidoc-sources/source/
-				</generated-asciidoc-sources.directory>
-				<generated-docs.directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-docs
-				</generated-docs.directory>
-				<maven.install.skip>true</maven.install.skip>
+				<maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
 				<skipTests>true</skipTests>
 			</properties>
 
-			<dependencies>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>io.spring.docresources</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-doc-resources</artifactId>
-					<version>0.1.2.RELEASE</version>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-					<type>zip</type>
-					<optional>true</optional>
-				</dependency>
-			</dependencies>
-
 			<build>
 
 				<plugins>
-
-					<!--
-					Provide shared resources for Javadoc and Asciidoc.
-					-->
-
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-						<executions>
-
-							<execution>
-								<id>unpack-shared-resources</id>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-								</goals>
-								<phase>generate-resources</phase>
-								<configuration>
-									<includeGroupIds>org.springframework.data
-									</includeGroupIds>
-									<includeArtifactIds>spring-data-build-resources
-									</includeArtifactIds>
-									<includeTypes>zip</includeTypes>
-									<excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
-									<outputDirectory>${shared.resources}</outputDirectory>
-								</configuration>
-							</execution>
-
-							<execution>
-								<id>unpack-doc-resources</id>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-								</goals>
-								<phase>generate-resources</phase>
-								<configuration>
-									<includeGroupIds>io.spring.docresources
-									</includeGroupIds>
-									<includeArtifactIds>spring-doc-resources
-									</includeArtifactIds>
-									<includeTypes>zip</includeTypes>
-									<excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
-									<outputDirectory>
-										${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
-									</outputDirectory>
-								</configuration>
-							</execution>
-						</executions>
-					</plugin>
-
 					<!--
 					Configures JavaDoc generation.
 					-->
@@ -785,288 +718,6 @@
 					</plugin>
 
 				</plugins>
-
-				<pluginManagement>
-					<plugins>
-
-						<!--
-							Copies all namespaces schemas to target/schemas flatten the directory structure.
-							Depended on by the site.xml assembly descriptor.
-						-->
-
-						<plugin>
-							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-							<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-							<executions>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>copy-documentation-resources</id>
-									<phase>generate-resources</phase>
-									<configuration>
-										<target>
-											<copy todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/images">
-												<fileset
-														dir="${basedir}/src/main/asciidoc"
-														erroronmissingdir="false">
-													<include name="**/*.png"/>
-													<include name="**/*.gif"/>
-													<include name="**/*.jpg"/>
-												</fileset>
-												<flattenmapper/>
-											</copy>
-										</target>
-									</configuration>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>run</goal>
-									</goals>
-								</execution>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>collect-schema-files</id>
-									<phase>prepare-package</phase>
-									<configuration>
-										<target>
-											<copy todir="${project.build.directory}/schemas">
-												<fileset dir="${basedir}"
-														 erroronmissingdir="false">
-													<include
-															name="**/src/main/resources/**/config/spring-*.xsd"/>
-												</fileset>
-												<flattenmapper/>
-											</copy>
-										</target>
-									</configuration>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>run</goal>
-									</goals>
-								</execution>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>create-generated-docs-resources</id>
-									<phase>process-resources</phase>
-									<configuration>
-										<target>
-											<copy failonerror="false"
-												  todir="${project.build.directory}/working">
-												<fileset
-														dir="${project.build.directory}/doc-resources"
-														includes="**"/>
-											</copy>
-											<copy failonerror="false"
-												  todir="${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}/images/">
-												<fileset
-														dir="${project.root}/src/main/asciidoc/images"/>
-											</copy>
-
-											<copy todir="${generated-docs.directory}">
-												<fileset
-														dir="${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}">
-													<include name="css/**"/>
-													<include name="js/**"/>
-												</fileset>
-											</copy>
-										</target>
-									</configuration>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>run</goal>
-									</goals>
-								</execution>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>rename-reference-docs</id>
-									<phase>prepare-package</phase>
-									<configuration>
-										<target>
-
-											<!-- Copy files for the single-file HTML version -->
-											<copy failonerror="false"
-												  todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html">
-												<fileset
-														dir="${project.build.directory}/doc-resources">
-													<include name="**"/>
-													<exclude name="**/docinfo*.html"/>
-												</fileset>
-											</copy>
-											<copy failonerror="false"
-												  file="${project.build.directory}/generated-docs/index.html"
-												  tofile="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/index.html"/>
-											<!-- Copy and rename the Epub file -->
-											<copy failonerror="false"
-												  file="${generated-docs.directory}/index.pdf"
-												  tofile="${project.root}/target/site/reference/pdf/${dist.id}-reference.pdf"/>
-											<!-- Copy and rename the PDF file -->
-											<copy failonerror="false"
-												  file="${generated-docs.directory}/index.epub"
-												  tofile="${project.root}/target/site/reference/epub/${dist.id}-reference.epub"/>
-
-										</target>
-									</configuration>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>run</goal>
-									</goals>
-								</execution>
-
-							</executions>
-
-						</plugin>
-
-						<!--
-							Asciidoctor
-						-->
-
-						<plugin>
-							<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
-							<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-							<dependencies>
-								<dependency>
-									<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
-									<artifactId>asciidoctorj-pdf</artifactId>
-									<version>1.5.0-alpha.16</version>
-								</dependency>
-								<dependency>
-									<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
-									<artifactId>asciidoctorj-epub3</artifactId>
-									<version>1.5.0-alpha.8.1</version>
-								</dependency>
-							</dependencies>
-							<executions>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>html</id>
-									<phase>compile</phase>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
-									</goals>
-									<configuration>
-										<sourceDirectory>
-											${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
-										</sourceDirectory>
-										<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc
-										</sourceDocumentName>
-										<backend>html5</backend>
-										<outputDirectory>${generated-docs.directory}
-										</outputDirectory>
-										<sourceHighlighter>highlight.js
-										</sourceHighlighter>
-										<attributes>
-											<sectanchors>true</sectanchors>
-											<docinfo>shared</docinfo>
-											<stylesdir>css/</stylesdir>
-											<stylesheet>spring.css</stylesheet>
-											<linkcss>true</linkcss>
-											<icons>font</icons>
-											<toc>left</toc>
-											<source-highlighter>highlightjs
-											</source-highlighter>
-											<highlightjsdir>js/highlight</highlightjsdir>
-											<highlightjs-theme>atom-one-dark-reasonable
-											</highlightjs-theme>
-										</attributes>
-									</configuration>
-								</execution>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>epub</id>
-									<phase>compile</phase>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
-									</goals>
-									<configuration>
-										<sourceDirectory>
-											${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
-										</sourceDirectory>
-										<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc
-										</sourceDocumentName>
-										<backend>epub3</backend>
-										<outputDirectory>
-											${project.build.directory}/generated-docs
-										</outputDirectory>
-										<sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
-									</configuration>
-								</execution>
-
-								<execution>
-									<id>pdf</id>
-									<phase>compile</phase>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
-									</goals>
-									<configuration>
-										<sourceDirectory>
-											${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
-										</sourceDirectory>
-										<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc
-										</sourceDocumentName>
-										<backend>pdf</backend>
-										<outputDirectory>
-											${project.build.directory}/generated-docs
-										</outputDirectory>
-										<sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
-									</configuration>
-								</execution>
-
-							</executions>
-
-							<configuration>
-								<doctype>book</doctype>
-								<attributes>
-									<doctype>book</doctype>
-									<docinfo>shared</docinfo>
-									<icons>font</icons>
-									<sectids>false</sectids>
-									<imagesdir>images</imagesdir>
-									<version>${project.version}</version>
-									<projectName>${project.name}</projectName>
-									<projectVersion>${project.version}</projectVersion>
-									<springVersion>${spring.version}</springVersion>
-									<springDataVersion>
-										${spring-data-releasetrain.version}
-									</springDataVersion>
-									<allow-uri-read>true</allow-uri-read>
-									<toclevels>4</toclevels>
-									<numbered>true</numbered>
-								</attributes>
-							</configuration>
-
-						</plugin>
-
-						<!--
-							Creates two zip files for download as well as API and reference documentation distribution.
-						-->
-						<plugin>
-							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-							<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-							<executions>
-								<execution>
-									<id>docs</id>
-									<goals>
-										<goal>single</goal>
-									</goals>
-									<phase>package</phase>
-									<configuration>
-										<descriptors>
-											<descriptor>src/assembly/docs.xml</descriptor>
-										</descriptors>
-										<finalName>spring-vault-${project.version}-docs
-										</finalName>
-										<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-										<classifier>docs</classifier>
-										<attach>true</attach>
-									</configuration>
-								</execution>
-							</executions>
-						</plugin>
-
-						<plugin>
-							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-							<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-							<configuration>
-								<skip>true</skip>
-								<uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
-							</configuration>
-						</plugin>
-					</plugins>
-				</pluginManagement>
 			</build>
 
 			<pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml
index 1c9fa605..800945e0 100644
--- a/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-vault-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -42,4 +44,385 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+
+			<!--
+					Profile to be activated when building the distribution atrifacts.
+
+					Generates reference documentation, aggregates JavaDoc etc. Has to be combined with
+					profiles "release" or "milestone" to deploy artifacts into the appropriate places.
+				-->
+
+			<id>distribute</id>
+
+			<properties>
+				<shared.resources>${project.build.directory}/shared-resources
+				</shared.resources>
+				<generated-asciidoc-sources.directory>
+					${project.build.directory}/generated-asciidoc-sources/source
+				</generated-asciidoc-sources.directory>
+				<generated-docs.directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-docs
+				</generated-docs.directory>
+			</properties>
+
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>io.spring.docresources</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-doc-resources</artifactId>
+					<version>0.1.2.RELEASE</version>
+					<scope>provided</scope>
+					<type>zip</type>
+					<optional>true</optional>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+
+			<build>
+
+				<plugins>
+
+					<!--
+					Provide shared resources for Javadoc and Asciidoc.
+					-->
+
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+
+							<execution>
+								<id>unpack-shared-resources</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<includeGroupIds>org.springframework.data
+									</includeGroupIds>
+									<includeArtifactIds>spring-data-build-resources
+									</includeArtifactIds>
+									<includeTypes>zip</includeTypes>
+									<excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
+									<outputDirectory>${shared.resources}</outputDirectory>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+
+							<execution>
+								<id>unpack-doc-resources</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+								<configuration>
+									<includeGroupIds>io.spring.docresources
+									</includeGroupIds>
+									<includeArtifactIds>spring-doc-resources
+									</includeArtifactIds>
+									<includeTypes>zip</includeTypes>
+									<excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
+									<outputDirectory>
+										${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
+									</outputDirectory>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+
+				</plugins>
+
+				<pluginManagement>
+					<plugins>
+
+						<!--
+							Copies all namespaces schemas to target/schemas flatten the directory structure.
+							Depended on by the site.xml assembly descriptor.
+						-->
+
+						<plugin>
+							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+							<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+							<executions>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>copy-documentation-resources</id>
+									<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+									<configuration>
+										<target>
+											<copy todir="${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${basedir}/../src/main/asciidoc">
+													<include name="**/*.adoc"/>
+												</fileset>
+											</copy>
+											<copy todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/images">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${basedir}/src/main/asciidoc"
+														erroronmissingdir="false">
+													<include name="**/*.png"/>
+													<include name="**/*.gif"/>
+													<include name="**/*.jpg"/>
+												</fileset>
+												<flattenmapper/>
+											</copy>
+										</target>
+									</configuration>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>run</goal>
+									</goals>
+								</execution>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>collect-schema-files</id>
+									<phase>prepare-package</phase>
+									<configuration>
+										<target>
+											<copy todir="${project.build.directory}/schemas">
+												<fileset dir="${basedir}"
+														 erroronmissingdir="false">
+													<include
+															name="**/src/main/resources/**/config/spring-*.xsd"/>
+												</fileset>
+												<flattenmapper/>
+											</copy>
+										</target>
+									</configuration>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>run</goal>
+									</goals>
+								</execution>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>create-generated-docs-resources</id>
+									<phase>process-resources</phase>
+									<configuration>
+										<target>
+											<copy failonerror="false"
+												  todir="${project.build.directory}/working">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${project.build.directory}/doc-resources"
+														includes="**"/>
+											</copy>
+											<copy failonerror="false"
+												  todir="${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}/images/">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${project.root}/src/main/asciidoc/images"/>
+											</copy>
+
+											<copy todir="${generated-docs.directory}">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}">
+													<include name="css/**"/>
+													<include name="js/**"/>
+												</fileset>
+											</copy>
+										</target>
+									</configuration>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>run</goal>
+									</goals>
+								</execution>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>rename-reference-docs</id>
+									<phase>prepare-package</phase>
+									<configuration>
+										<target>
+
+											<!-- Copy files for the single-file HTML version -->
+											<copy failonerror="false"
+												  todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/images">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${generated-docs.directory}/images"/>
+											</copy>
+
+											<copy
+													todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/">
+												<fileset
+														dir="${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}">
+													<include name="css/**"/>
+													<include name="js/**"/>
+													<include name="*.ico"/>
+												</fileset>
+											</copy>
+
+											<copy
+													file="${project.build.directory}/generated-docs/index.html"
+													todir="${project.root}/target/site/reference/html/"/>
+											<!-- Copy and rename the Epub file -->
+											<copy
+													file="${generated-docs.directory}/index.pdf"
+													tofile="${project.root}/target/site/reference/pdf/${dist.id}-reference.pdf"/>
+											<!-- Copy and rename the PDF file -->
+											<copy
+													file="${generated-docs.directory}/index.epub"
+													tofile="${project.root}/target/site/reference/epub/${dist.id}-reference.epub"/>
+										</target>
+									</configuration>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>run</goal>
+									</goals>
+								</execution>
+
+							</executions>
+
+						</plugin>
+
+						<!--
+							Asciidoctor
+						-->
+
+						<plugin>
+							<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
+							<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+							<dependencies>
+								<dependency>
+									<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
+									<artifactId>asciidoctorj-pdf</artifactId>
+									<version>1.5.0-alpha.16</version>
+								</dependency>
+								<dependency>
+									<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
+									<artifactId>asciidoctorj-epub3</artifactId>
+									<version>1.5.0-alpha.8.1</version>
+								</dependency>
+							</dependencies>
+							<executions>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>html</id>
+									<phase>compile</phase>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
+									</goals>
+									<configuration>
+										<sourceDirectory>
+											${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
+										</sourceDirectory>
+										<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc
+										</sourceDocumentName>
+										<backend>html5</backend>
+										<outputDirectory>${generated-docs.directory}
+										</outputDirectory>
+										<sourceHighlighter>highlight.js
+										</sourceHighlighter>
+										<attributes>
+											<sectanchors>true</sectanchors>
+											<docinfo>shared</docinfo>
+											<stylesdir>css/</stylesdir>
+											<stylesheet>spring.css</stylesheet>
+											<linkcss>true</linkcss>
+											<icons>font</icons>
+											<toc>left</toc>
+											<source-highlighter>highlightjs
+											</source-highlighter>
+											<highlightjsdir>js/highlight</highlightjsdir>
+											<highlightjs-theme>atom-one-dark-reasonable
+											</highlightjs-theme>
+										</attributes>
+									</configuration>
+								</execution>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>epub</id>
+									<phase>compile</phase>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
+									</goals>
+									<configuration>
+										<sourceDirectory>
+											${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
+										</sourceDirectory>
+										<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc
+										</sourceDocumentName>
+										<backend>epub3</backend>
+										<outputDirectory>
+											${project.build.directory}/generated-docs
+										</outputDirectory>
+										<sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
+									</configuration>
+								</execution>
+
+								<execution>
+									<id>pdf</id>
+									<phase>compile</phase>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
+									</goals>
+									<configuration>
+										<sourceDirectory>
+											${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}
+										</sourceDirectory>
+										<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc
+										</sourceDocumentName>
+										<backend>pdf</backend>
+										<outputDirectory>
+											${project.build.directory}/generated-docs
+										</outputDirectory>
+										<sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
+									</configuration>
+								</execution>
+
+							</executions>
+
+							<configuration>
+								<doctype>book</doctype>
+								<attributes>
+									<doctype>book</doctype>
+									<docinfo>shared</docinfo>
+									<icons>font</icons>
+									<sectids>false</sectids>
+									<imagesdir>images</imagesdir>
+									<version>${project.version}</version>
+									<projectName>${project.name}</projectName>
+									<projectVersion>${project.version}</projectVersion>
+									<springVersion>${spring.version}</springVersion>
+									<springDataVersion>
+										${spring-data-releasetrain.version}
+									</springDataVersion>
+									<allow-uri-read>true</allow-uri-read>
+									<toclevels>4</toclevels>
+									<numbered>true</numbered>
+								</attributes>
+							</configuration>
+
+						</plugin>
+
+						<!--
+							Creates two zip files for download as well as API and reference documentation distribution.
+						-->
+						<plugin>
+							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+							<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+							<executions>
+								<execution>
+									<id>docs</id>
+									<goals>
+										<goal>single</goal>
+									</goals>
+									<phase>package</phase>
+									<configuration>
+										<descriptors>
+											<descriptor>src/assembly/docs.xml</descriptor>
+										</descriptors>
+										<finalName>spring-vault-${project.version}-docs
+										</finalName>
+										<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+										<attach>true</attach>
+									</configuration>
+								</execution>
+							</executions>
+						</plugin>
+					</plugins>
+				</pluginManagement>
+			</build>
+
+			<pluginRepositories>
+				<pluginRepository>
+					<id>spring-plugins-release</id>
+					<url>https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release</url>
+				</pluginRepository>
+			</pluginRepositories>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 </project>