diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8d418312f..22fe04d75 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -24,21 +24,9 @@
   <target name="-init-maven-ant" depends="-download-maven-ant">
     <taskdef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml"
              uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant" classpath="${maven-ant.jar}"/>
-    <artifact:dependencies pathId="compile.classpath">
-      <dependency groupId="com.google.inject" artifactId="guice" version="2.0"/>
-      <dependency groupId="jboss" artifactId="javassist" version="3.7.ga"/>
-      <dependency groupId="com.threerings" artifactId="gwt-utils" version="1.0"/>
-      <dependency groupId="com.google.gwt" artifactId="gwt-user" version="2.0.4"/>
-      <dependency groupId="org.apache.ant" artifactId="ant" version="1.7.1"/>
-      <dependency groupId="com.samskivert" artifactId="samskivert" version="1.1"/>
-      <dependency groupId="com.samskivert" artifactId="depot" version="1.0"/>
-      <dependency groupId="net.sf.ehcache" artifactId="ehcache" version="1.6.0"/>
-      <dependency groupId="com.google.guava" artifactId="guava" version="r05"/>
-      <dependency groupId="com.samskivert" artifactId="jmustache" version="1.0"/>
-    </artifact:dependencies>
-    <artifact:dependencies pathId="testlibs.classpath">
-      <dependency groupId="junit" artifactId="junit" version="4.8.1"/>
-    </artifact:dependencies>
+    <artifact:pom id="pom" file="pom.xml"/>
+    <artifact:dependencies pathId="compile.classpath" pomRefId="pom" useScope="compile"/>
+    <artifact:dependencies pathId="testlibs.classpath" pomRefId="pom" useScope="test"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="-prepare" depends="-init-maven-ant">
@@ -54,7 +42,6 @@
       <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
     </path>
     <path id="test.classpath">
-      <path refid="compile.classpath"/>
       <path refid="testlibs.classpath"/>
       <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
       <pathelement location="${tclasses.dir}"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff32dbd07..2e9b94427 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,17 @@
   </scm>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmustache</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
       <artifactId>samskivert</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -54,19 +61,6 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
-      <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.4</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion><groupId>oro</groupId><artifactId>oro</artifactId></exclusion>
-        <exclusion><groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId><artifactId>jmxri</artifactId></exclusion>
-        <exclusion><groupId>oro</groupId><artifactId>oro</artifactId></exclusion>
-        <exclusion><groupId>junit</groupId><artifactId>junit</artifactId></exclusion>
-      </exclusions> 
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
       <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
@@ -107,13 +101,19 @@
       <version>1.7.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.4.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         </configuration>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
         <configuration>
           <quiet>true</quiet>
           <show>public</show>
@@ -150,36 +150,59 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>sign</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
         <configuration>
-          <keyname>mdb@samskivert.com</keyname>
+          <includes>
+            <include>com/threerings/**/*Test.java</include>
+          </includes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.5</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property><name>performRelease</name><value>true</value></property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <keyname>mdb@samskivert.com</keyname>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>