diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index b07adee16..04cc93573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ jobs:
         # This means there's no way to skip publishing of a particular module in a multi-module build, so we iterate over each module and publish them individually,
         # letting exists-maven-plugin skip the nexus-staging-maven-plugin's entire deploy goal if the artifact exists.
         run: |
+          mvn --non-recursive --batch-mode --settings release/m2-settings.xml clean deploy
           modules=($(cat pom.xml | grep "<module>" | sed 's/\s*<.*>\(.*\)<.*>/\1/'))
           for module in "${modules[@]}"
           do
-              mvn --batch-mode --projects $module --settings release/m2-settings.xml  clean deploy
+              mvn --batch-mode --projects $module --settings release/m2-settings.xml clean deploy
           done
         env:
           OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b56012127..846cf55c7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"providers/flagd":"0.3.0","hooks/open-telemetry":"0.2.6"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{".":"0.0.0","providers/flagd":"0.3.0","hooks/open-telemetry":"0.2.6"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50e6e69fb..ed748d80c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Sample pom.xml:
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib</groupId>
-		<artifactId>java-sdk-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>0.0.0</version>
+		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>		
+		<version><!-- current parent pom version --></version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.${providers | hooks | etc}</groupId>
diff --git a/hooks/open-telemetry/pom.xml b/hooks/open-telemetry/pom.xml
index 725c82230..71f47616a 100644
--- a/hooks/open-telemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/hooks/open-telemetry/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib</groupId>
-		<artifactId>java-sdk-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>0.0.0</version>
+		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.hooks</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edcffb8a3..d08e26cbd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,10 +3,23 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib</groupId>
-    <artifactId>java-sdk-contrib</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.0</version>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <name>java-sdk-contrib</name>
+	<description>Contrib parent</description>
+	<url>https://openfeature.dev</url>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<id>toddbaert</id>
+			<name>Todd Baert</name>
+			<organization>OpenFeature</organization>
+			<url>https://openfeature.dev/</url>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
     <modules>
         <module>hooks/open-telemetry</module>
         <module>providers/flagd</module>
diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index bb663daf6..38b177303 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib</groupId>
-		<artifactId>java-sdk-contrib</artifactId>
-		<version>0.0.0</version>
+		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.providers</groupId>
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 3996591ab..fad94c072 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 {
   "bootstrap-sha": "5b1c87955b5d66b993f943161b72b30c398c1537",
   "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "dev.openfeature.contrib.parent",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "versioning": "default",
+      "extra-files": [
+        "pom.xml"
+      ]
+    },
     "providers/flagd": {
       "package-name": "dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd",
       "release-type": "simple",
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77d6f4ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.0