diff --git a/search-services/pom.xml b/search-services/pom.xml
index 97e2a3b3a..426f2d356 100644
--- a/search-services/pom.xml
+++ b/search-services/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <name>Alfresco Solr Search parent</name>
     <properties>
         <solr.version>6.3.0</solr.version>
-        <alfresco-solr.version>5.2.1-SNAPSHOT</alfresco-solr.version>        
+        <alfresco-solr.version>5.2.1-SNAPSHOT</alfresco-solr.version>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
@@ -24,6 +24,36 @@
             <url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:https://git.alfresco.com/search_discovery/searchservices.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git.alfresco.com/search_discovery/searchservices.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://git.alfresco.com/search_discovery/searchservices.git</url>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Configure deployment of releases to Staging area of Nexus -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.7</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <serverId>alfresco-internal-staging</serverId>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus</nexusUrl>
+                    <stagingProfileId>${publicrelease.staging.profile}</stagingProfileId>
+                    <stagingDescription>Staging Search Services ${project.version} (${bamboo_buildResultKey} ${bamboo_planRepository_revision})</stagingDescription>
+                    <tags>
+                        <build.number>${bamboo_buildNumber}</build.number>
+                        <build.key>${bamboo_buildKey}</build.key>
+                        <build.revision>${bamboo_planRepository_revision}</build.revision>
+                    </tags>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <modules>
       <module>alfresco-search</module>
       <module>packaging</module>