diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ac69050050..e113326cbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish JARs # Snapshots are published first, then the tagged release
         run: |
           mvn -U --batch-mode clean deploy -P release
-          mvn --batch-mode versions:set -DnewVersion=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | cut -c2-) -DprocessAllModules -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-          mvn -U --batch-mode clean deploy -P release
+          mvn -Drevision=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | cut -c2-) -U --batch-mode clean deploy -P release
+          git clean -f *.flattened_pom.xml
         env:
           SIGN_KEY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
           OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/Bitfile b/Bitfile
index b7f2b499b4..749a0296d9 100644
--- a/Bitfile
+++ b/Bitfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ KT_RUNTIME_OUT = kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/target/ftl-runtime-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
 KT_RUNTIME_RUNNER_TEMPLATE_OUT = build/template/ftl/jars/ftl-runtime.jar
 
 KT_GENERATOR_IN = kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/**/*.{kt,kts} pom.xml kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/**/pom.xml %{KT_RUNTIME_OUT}
-KT_GENERATOR_OUT = kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/target/ftl-generator-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+KT_GENERATOR_OUT = kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/target/ftl-generator-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
 
 CLIENT_OUT = frontend/dist/index.html
 CLIENT_IN = frontend/src/**/*
diff --git a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml
index dec27fe35c..7f859124fd 100644
--- a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         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>
 
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     <artifactId>ftl-generator</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+
     <properties>
         <rootDir>${basedir}/../..</rootDir>
         <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
@@ -28,35 +30,60 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>ftl-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.ajalt.clikt</groupId>
             <artifactId>clikt-jvm</artifactId>
             <version>4.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wire-runtime-jvm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wire-grpc-server</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wire-grpc-client-jvm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
+                        <id>shade-jar</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
+                            <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>xyz.block.ftl.generator.MainKt</mainClass>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
@@ -89,4 +116,36 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>shade-jar</id>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>flatten</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml
index 21a9638801..bf332e74ed 100644
--- a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     <artifactId>ftl-runtime</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+
     <properties>
         <rootDir>${basedir}/../..</rootDir>
         <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
@@ -27,12 +29,6 @@
             <version>1.9.21</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.3</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt</groupId>
             <artifactId>detekt-api</artifactId>
@@ -53,6 +49,51 @@
             <version>2.10.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wire-runtime-jvm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wire-grpc-server</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wire-grpc-client-jvm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hotswapagent</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hotswap-agent-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69b2ae3565..6f1d808019 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         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>
 
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <name>FTL</name>
+    <description>Towards a 𝝺-calculus for large-scale systems</description>
+    <url>https://github.com/TBD54566975/ftl</url>
+
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -16,6 +20,24 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Alec Thomas</name>
+            <organization>TBD</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>https://github.com/TBD54566975</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Wes Billman</name>
+            <organization>TBD</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>https://github.com/TBD54566975</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Elizabeth Worstell</name>
+            <organization>TBD</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>https://github.com/TBD54566975</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/TBD54566975/ftl.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/TBD54566975/ftl.git</developerConnection>
@@ -38,6 +60,7 @@
         <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.1</junit.version>
         <logstash.version>7.4</logstash.version>
+        <revision>1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -49,34 +72,68 @@
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+                <artifactId>wire-runtime-jvm</artifactId>
+                <version>${wire.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+                <artifactId>wire-grpc-server</artifactId>
+                <version>${wire.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
+                <artifactId>wire-grpc-client-jvm</artifactId>
+                <version>${wire.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <!-- Logback dependencies -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
+                <version>${logstash.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <!-- GRPC dependencies -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
+                <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+                <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+                <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hotswapagent</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hotswap-agent-core</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.1</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- Logback dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-            <version>${logstash.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
@@ -94,44 +151,6 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- GRPC dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
-            <version>${grpc.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${grpc.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
-            <version>${grpc.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
-            <artifactId>wire-runtime-jvm</artifactId>
-            <version>${wire.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
-            <artifactId>wire-grpc-server</artifactId>
-            <version>${wire.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.squareup.wire</groupId>
-            <artifactId>wire-grpc-client-jvm</artifactId>
-            <version>${wire.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hotswapagent</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hotswap-agent-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.1</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -147,9 +166,33 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.16.2</version>
+                    <inherited>false</inherited>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>substitute-version</id>
+                            <phase>package</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>set</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <newVersion>${revision}</newVersion>
+                                <allowSnapshots>true</allowSnapshots>
+                                <generateBackupPoms>false</generateBackupPoms>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -280,6 +323,32 @@
                         </execution>
                     </executions>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.5.0</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>flatten</id>
+                            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>flatten</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>flatten.clean</id>
+                            <phase>clean</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>clean</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
@@ -294,15 +363,23 @@
             </modules>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <!-- Don't need to substitute versions when releasing, this will be handled by the flatten plugin -->
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>substitute-version</id>
+                                <phase>none</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
-                            <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
-                            <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
-                            <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
-                            <goals>deploy</goals>
+                            <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+                            <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>