diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0ffa616..e38967bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>7</version>
+  </parent>
+
   <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
   <artifactId>samskivert</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
   <name>samskivert</name>
   <description>A collection of Java utilities.</description>
   <url>http://github.com/samskivert/samskivert</url>
@@ -12,12 +19,6 @@
     <url>http://github.com/samskivert/samskivert/issues</url>
   </issueManagement>
 
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>7</version>
-  </parent>
-
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1</name>