diff --git a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/pom.xml b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/pom.xml
index 538865db1..215d5af69 100644
--- a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/pom.xml
@@ -25,21 +25,10 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
-            <!--
-                We want for tests to be executed by Surefire, but the inherited configuration is enough for
-                the Intersmash deployments provider
-            -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
-                The intersmash-deployments-provider artifact must be published because there are projects which depend on it
-            -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -94,5 +83,35 @@
                 <intersmash.deployments.wildfly.build.profile>eap</intersmash.deployments.wildfly.build.profile>
             </properties>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>doc</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>publish</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/src/test/java/org/jboss/intersmash/deployments/IntersmashSharedDeploymentsTest.java b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/src/test/java/org/jboss/intersmash/deployments/IntersmashSharedDeploymentsTest.java
index d156acf8c..4d232c5a2 100644
--- a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/src/test/java/org/jboss/intersmash/deployments/IntersmashSharedDeploymentsTest.java
+++ b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-provider/src/test/java/org/jboss/intersmash/deployments/IntersmashSharedDeploymentsTest.java
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class IntersmashSharedDeploymentsTest {
-	@Test
-	public void testBareMetalBootableJarIsAvailable() {
-		// jakarta
-		assertBootableJarIsAvailable(IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarDemoBareMetal());
-		// javax
-		assertBootableJarIsAvailable(IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarJavaxDemoBareMetal());
-	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testOpenShiftBootableJarIsAvailable() {
@@ -38,22 +31,6 @@ public void testOpenShiftBootableJarIsAvailable() {
 		assertBootableJarIsAvailable(IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarJavaxDemoOpenShift());
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testBareMetalAndOpenShiftBootableJarAreNotTheSame() {
-		// jakarta
-		assertBareMetalAndOpenShiftBootableJarAreNotTheSame(IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarDemoBareMetal(),
-				IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarDemoOpenShift());
-		// javax
-		assertBareMetalAndOpenShiftBootableJarAreNotTheSame(IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarJavaxDemoBareMetal(),
-				IntersmashSharedDeployments.bootableJarJavaxDemoOpenShift());
-	}
-
-	private static void assertBareMetalAndOpenShiftBootableJarAreNotTheSame(final Path bareMetalBootableJarPath,
-			final Path openShiftBootableJarPath) {
-		Assertions.assertNotEquals(bareMetalBootableJarPath.toAbsolutePath().toString(),
-				openShiftBootableJarPath.toAbsolutePath().toString());
-	}
-
 	private static void assertBootableJarIsAvailable(final Path openShiftApp) {
 		Assertions.assertNotNull(openShiftApp);
 		Assertions.assertTrue(Files.exists(openShiftApp));
diff --git a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/intersmash-deployments-shared-wildfly/wildfly-bootable-jar-javax/maven/bootable-jar-baremetal b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/intersmash-deployments-shared-wildfly/wildfly-bootable-jar-javax/maven/bootable-jar-baremetal
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/intersmash-deployments-shared-wildfly/wildfly-bootable-jar/maven/bootable-jar-baremetal b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/intersmash-deployments-shared-wildfly/wildfly-bootable-jar/maven/bootable-jar-baremetal
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/pom.xml b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/pom.xml
index 234dcefff..0df260f9b 100644
--- a/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/pom.xml
+++ b/deployments/intersmash-deployments-shared/pom.xml
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <!--
-                    The intersmash-shared-deployments POM and submodules must be published because there are projects
-                    which could use them
-                -->
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/deployments/pom.xml b/deployments/pom.xml
index c8e019a67..8a8e6cf74 100644
--- a/deployments/pom.xml
+++ b/deployments/pom.xml
@@ -84,34 +84,18 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <!--
-                The intersmash-deployments POM must be published because there are projects which depend on it and, e.g.
-                get executed on OCP
-            -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>openshift</id>
+            <id>publish</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <!-- Do not execute the maven-source-plugin when the openshift profile is active -->
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                <phase>none</phase>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
+                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d3e5b6dc..0138f95a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,37 @@
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
     <groupId>org.jboss.intersmash</groupId>
     <artifactId>intersmash-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
     <name>Intersmash Parent: Aggregator</name>
+    <description>Intersmash - Run your cloud-native tests with Java!</description>
+    <url>http://github.com/Intersmash/intersmash</url>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Fabio Burzigotti</name>
+            <email>fburzigo@redhat.com</email>
+            <organization>Red Hat</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>http://www.redhat.com</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/Intersmash/intersmash.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:Intersmash/intersmash.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>http://github.com/Intersmash/intersmash/tree/main</url>
+    </scm>
 
     <modules>
         <module>tools</module>
@@ -75,7 +101,7 @@
         <version.maven-dependency-plugin>3.2.0</version.maven-dependency-plugin>
         <version.maven-deploy-plugin>3.0.0-M1</version.maven-deploy-plugin>
         <version.maven-source-plugin>3.2.1</version.maven-source-plugin>
-        <version.maven-javadoc-plugin>3.3.0</version.maven-javadoc-plugin>
+        <version.maven-javadoc-plugin>3.5.0</version.maven-javadoc-plugin>
         <!--
             This is needed now since XTF is using 3.11 and instead maven-aether-provider pulls 3.4 which is missing
             SystemUtils#IS_Z_OS
@@ -97,6 +123,7 @@
         <version.spotless-maven-plugin>2.35.0</version.spotless-maven-plugin>
         <version.dev-failsafe.failsafe>3.3.1</version.dev-failsafe.failsafe>
         <version.sundrio.builder-annotations>0.101.0</version.sundrio.builder-annotations>
+        <version.maven-gpg-plugin>3.1.0</version.maven-gpg-plugin>
 
         <!--
             By default, the follwing prop is empty, stating that the build profile (community vs. productized bits)
@@ -420,11 +447,27 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.maven-source-plugin}</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>attach-sources</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>jar</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.maven-javadoc-plugin}</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>attach-sources</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>jar</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -489,6 +532,20 @@
                     <artifactId>java-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.io.fabric8}</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${version.maven-gpg-plugin}</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                            <phase>verify</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>sign</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
 
@@ -542,11 +599,6 @@
                     </filesets>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
-                The intersmash-parent POM must be published because there are projects which could use it, even as a
-                transitive dependency, e.g.: external projects using intersmash-deployments as the parent POM would
-                need intersmash-parent as well.
-            -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -595,6 +647,26 @@
                 <module>demos</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>publish</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <!--
+                        The intersmash-parent POM must be published because there are projects which could use it, even as a
+                        transitive dependency, e.g.: external projects using intersmash-deployments as the parent POM would
+                        need intersmash-parent as well.
+                    -->
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <repositories>
diff --git a/tools/intersmash-tools-core/pom.xml b/tools/intersmash-tools-core/pom.xml
index b8ec02ca2..91bcbde03 100644
--- a/tools/intersmash-tools-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/intersmash-tools-core/pom.xml
@@ -70,4 +70,37 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>doc</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>publish</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/pom.xml b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/pom.xml
index ee0bb2f66..16d496bf9 100644
--- a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/pom.xml
@@ -250,4 +250,40 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>doc</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <doclint>none</doclint>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>publish</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/RhSsoTemplateOpenShiftApplication.java b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/RhSsoTemplateOpenShiftApplication.java
index 76ab0dabd..85947ec29 100644
--- a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/RhSsoTemplateOpenShiftApplication.java
+++ b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/RhSsoTemplateOpenShiftApplication.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * </pre>
  * The application will be deployed by:
  * <ul>
- *     <li>{@link RhSsoTemplateOpenShiftProvisioner}</li>
+ *     <li>{@link org.jboss.intersmash.tools.provision.openshift.RhSsoTemplateOpenShiftProvisioner}</li>
  * </ul>
  * <p>
  * See {@link RhSsoTemplate} for available templates the
diff --git a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/template/Eap7Template.java b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/template/Eap7Template.java
index 0b8b8f242..2c1ded2e3 100644
--- a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/template/Eap7Template.java
+++ b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/application/openshift/template/Eap7Template.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import org.jboss.intersmash.tools.provision.openshift.template.OpenShiftTemplate;
 
 /**
- * OpenShift template for EAP 7.z (i.e. WildFly Jakarta EE 8 <= 26.1.2) applications.
+ * OpenShift template for EAP 7.z (i.e. WildFly Jakarta EE 8 &lt;= 26.1.2) applications.
  * <p>
  * See e.g.: https://github.com/jboss-container-images/jboss-eap-7-openshift-image
  */
diff --git a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/provision/openshift/KeycloakOperatorProvisioner.java b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/provision/openshift/KeycloakOperatorProvisioner.java
index f7e1fb8ab..0a0c73a9b 100644
--- a/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/provision/openshift/KeycloakOperatorProvisioner.java
+++ b/tools/intersmash-tools-provisioners/src/main/java/org/jboss/intersmash/tools/provision/openshift/KeycloakOperatorProvisioner.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ private void waitForKeycloakResourceReadiness() {
 	/**
 	 * Get a reference to keycloak object. Use get() to get the actual object, or null in case it does not
 	 * exist on tested cluster.
-	 * @return A concrete {@link Resource} instance representing the {@link org.jboss.intersmash.tools.provision.openshift.operator.keycloak.keycloak.Keycloak} resource definition
+	 * @return A concrete {@link Resource} instance representing the {@link Keycloak} resource definition
 	 */
 	public Resource<Keycloak> keycloak() {
 		return keycloakClient()
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index c164e84e4..401f35d94 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -18,51 +18,21 @@
         <module>intersmash-tools-provisioners</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <!--
-                The intersmash-tools-* artifacts must be published because there are projects which depend on them
-            -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>doc</id>
+            <id>publish</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
-                    <!-- Generate sources and Javadoc artifacts for the intersmash-tools modules -->
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
+                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
 </project>