diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ac6905005..5179e2c5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ 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
         env:
           SIGN_KEY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
           OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml
index dec27fe35..eaba96dff 100644
--- a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-generator/pom.xml
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
         <artifactId>ftl</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>ftl-generator</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+
     <properties>
         <rootDir>${basedir}/../..</rootDir>
         <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
+        <revision>1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -35,32 +38,60 @@
             <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>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <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>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <!--
+                    Workaround to flatten POM in the same build phase as packaging the shaded JAR, so that
+                    we flatten the dependency-reduced POM instead of the original POM.
+                    -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>flatten</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>flatten</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml
index 198ea7bf8..4c285b2ca 100644
--- a/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-runtime/ftl-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
         <artifactId>ftl</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>ftl-runtime</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+
     <properties>
         <rootDir>${basedir}/../..</rootDir>
         <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
@@ -53,6 +55,19 @@
             <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>
+
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt</groupId>
@@ -72,6 +87,10 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a43708751..f65faf50f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 
     <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
     <artifactId>ftl</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${revision}</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>
@@ -49,6 +72,21 @@
                 <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>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -111,22 +149,6 @@
             <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>
@@ -280,6 +302,36 @@
                         </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>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode>
+                        <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
@@ -294,6 +346,13 @@
             </modules>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>