diff --git a/mvnw b/mvnw
index 0a7dac22..25f750cb 100755
--- a/mvnw
+++ b/mvnw
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ else
     echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q milestone && MAVEN_ARGS=$(echo $MAVEN_ARGS | sed -e 's/-Pmilestone//')
 fi
 
+if echo $VERSION | egrep -q 'RELEASE'; then
+    echo Activating \"central\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q milestone || MAVEN_ARGS="$MAVEN_ARGS -Pcentral"
+else
+    echo Deactivating \"central\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_ARGS | grep -q central && MAVEN_ARGS=$(echo $MAVEN_ARGS | sed -e 's/-Pcentral//')
+fi
+
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbbc8a41..f77c925f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-	<version>1.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Parent</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud parent pom, managing plugins and dependencies for Spring Cloud projects</description>
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 			<url>scp://static.springframework.org/var/www/domains/springframework.org/static/htdocs/spring-cloud/docs/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}</url>
 		</site>
 		<repository>
-			<id>repo.spring.io</id>
-			<name>Spring Release Repository</name>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-release-local</url>
+			<id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+			<name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+			<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
 		</repository>
 		<snapshotRepository>
 			<id>repo.spring.io</id>
@@ -505,18 +505,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
-			<distributionManagement>
-				<snapshotRepository>
-					<id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-					<name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
-					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-				</snapshotRepository>
-				<repository>
-					<id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-					<name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-				</repository>
-			</distributionManagement>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>java8</id>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml
index 6ec17755..ea76a0fc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
index 2605a6e9..3ffb57a3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-	<version>1.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</name>