diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d26ac12..7bd1b84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
   <groupId>org.dataverse.test</groupId>
   <artifactId>hello</artifactId>
   <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>hello</name>
+  <description>A hello world app for testing.</description>
+  <url>https://github.com/gdcc/hello</url>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>pdurbin</id>
+      <name>Philip Durbin</name>
+      <email>philip_durbin@harvard.edu</email>
+      <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:gdcc/hello.git</developerConnection>
   </scm>
@@ -22,6 +40,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <nexus-staging-plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus-staging-plugin.version>
+    <pomchecker-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</pomchecker-maven-plugin.version>
     <spotless.version>2.43.0</spotless.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
@@ -72,6 +91,11 @@
           <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.kordamp.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>pomchecker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${pomchecker-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>