diff --git a/doc/delivery.adoc b/doc/delivery.adoc
index 1450b703..a4047c81 100644
--- a/doc/delivery.adoc
+++ b/doc/delivery.adoc
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Check-Liste für die Auslieferung eines neuen Releases:
 |D-Day
 |Finaler Release-Build und Release-Test (inkl. Signierung)
 |baue alle Artefakte auf dem Release-Branch 
-(`mvn -B -Prelease -Dpatterntesting.integrationTest clean install source:jar javadoc:jar gpg:sign -Dgpg.passphrase=xx`);
-sollte das maven-surefire-plugin unter Java 11 mit einer NullPointerException aussteigen, den Build mit Java 8 versuchen
+(`mvn -DskipTests clean install source:jar javadoc:jar gpg:sign -Dgpg.passphrase=xx`);
 
 |D-Day
 |Docker-Image bauen und pushen
diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index 4407196a..75a3672c 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.oboehm</groupId>
     <artifactId>gdv-xport</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>gdv-xport-lib</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43fddfca..246b7f03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <groupId>com.github.oboehm</groupId>
   <artifactId>gdv-xport</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.0.0</version>
   <name>GDV.XPort</name>
 
   <modules>
@@ -741,81 +741,7 @@
       <archive>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gdv-xport</archive>
     </mailingList>
   </mailingLists>
-  
-  
-  
-  <profiles>
 
-    <!-- 
-        for releases we have higher quality requirements
-     -->
-    <profile>
-      <id>release</id>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <!-- We want to sign the artifacts -->
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.0</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>sign</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-          </plugin>
-          <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>
-          </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-            <configuration>
-              <!-- Pass these arguments to the deploy plugin. -->
-              <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-          <!-- see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changes-plugin/examples/changes-file-validation.html -->
-		  <plugin>
-			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-			<artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
-			<executions>
-				<execution>
-					<id>validate-changes</id>
-					<phase>pre-site</phase>
-					<goals>
-						<goal>changes-validate</goal>
-					</goals>
-					<configuration>
-						<!--
-							if set to true the build will fail if the changes file is invalid,
-							if set to false warnings will be logged.
-						-->
-						<failOnError>true</failOnError>
-					</configuration>
-				</execution>
-			</executions>
-		  </plugin>   
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-    
-  </profiles>
+
 
 </project>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 630330df..c20f3f7f 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.oboehm</groupId>
     <artifactId>gdv-xport</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>gdv-xport-service</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/script/deploy.sh b/src/script/deploy.sh
index 5e7cd18d..66e190d0 100755
--- a/src/script/deploy.sh
+++ b/src/script/deploy.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # set up some constants
 URL=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
-VERSION=6.6.0
+VERSION=7.0.0
 options="gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=$URL -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging"
 
 # passphrase is needed for signing