diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
index 8fe5b8ddc44b..1418a48e460e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml b/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml
index 69559bf6af7b..423a3b960d50 100644
--- a/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/google-cloud-util/pom.xml b/google-cloud-util/pom.xml
index fa308d88f9fe..ebe678e9c94e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-util/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-util/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58e809ea7b55..422cb0663662 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
+          <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+          <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>