diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3dce515f3..f0d6524fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,18 +92,7 @@
         </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>
 
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-releases</id>
-            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-        </repository>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <name>Sonatype Nexus snapshot repository</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-    </distributionManagement>
+
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -184,7 +173,9 @@
         <javacpp.platform.sysroot/>   <!-- -Djavacpp.platform.sysroot=$(xcrun -sdk iphoneos -show-sdk-path) -->
         <javacpp.platform.extension/> <!-- -Djavacpp.platform.extension=-avx512 -->
         <javacpp.platform.properties>${javacpp.platform}</javacpp.platform.properties>
-
+        <javacpp.platform.additionalIncludePaths />
+        <javacpp.platform.cppincludepath />
+        <javacpp.platform.library.path />
         <javacpp.version>1.5.4</javacpp.version>
         <javacpp-presets.version>1.5.4</javacpp-presets.version>
         <javacv.version>1.5.4</javacv.version>
@@ -325,22 +316,20 @@
         <kotlin.version>1.4.30</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
@@ -428,6 +417,58 @@
         <!-- <sourceDirectory>contrib</sourceDirectory>-->
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <args>
+                            <arg>-Xjsr305=strict</arg>
+                        </args>
+                        <compilerPlugins>
+                            <plugin>spring</plugin>
+                            <plugin>jpa</plugin>
+                        </compilerPlugins>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>kotlin-maven-allopen</artifactId>
+                            <version>1.4.30-M1</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>kotlin-maven-noarg</artifactId>
+                            <version>1.4.30-M1</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>compile</id>
+                            <goals> <goal>compile</goal> </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <sourceDirs>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/stubs</sourceDir>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDir>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/ops</sourceDir>
+                                </sourceDirs>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>test-compile</id>
+                            <goals> <goal>test-compile</goal> </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <sourceDirs>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/stubs</sourceDir>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sourceDir>
+                                    <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/ops</sourceDir>
+                                </sourceDirs>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -488,6 +529,7 @@
                     </executions>
                     <configuration>
                         <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
+                        <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
                         <generateGitPropertiesFilename>
                             ${project.basedir}/target/generated-sources/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/${project.groupId}-${project.artifactId}-git.properties
                         </generateGitPropertiesFilename>
@@ -659,6 +701,40 @@
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <distributionManagement>
+                <repository>
+                    <id>github</id>
+                    <name>GitHub Packages</name>
+                    <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/eclipse/deeplearning4j</url>
+                </repository>
+
+                <snapshotRepository>
+                    <id>github</id>
+                    <name>Github snapshots</name>
+                    <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/eclipse/deeplearning4j</url>
+                </snapshotRepository>
+            </distributionManagement>
+        </profile>
+
+        <profile>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <distributionManagement>
+                <repository>
+                    <id>sonatype-nexus-releases</id>
+                    <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+                    <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+                </repository>
+
+                <snapshotRepository>
+                    <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+                    <name>Sonatype Nexus snapshot repository</name>
+                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+                </snapshotRepository>
+            </distributionManagement>
+        </profile>
+
         <!-- This controls skipping the test backend choice enforcement below -->
         <profile>
             <id>skipTestCompileAndRun</id>
@@ -769,6 +845,12 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
                         <version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -1029,4 +1111,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
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