diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b6a154787..293c3ab47 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/driver/pom.xml b/driver/pom.xml
index 96c66ba15..59451e3c0 100644
--- a/driver/pom.xml
+++ b/driver/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/http-protocol/pom.xml b/http-protocol/pom.xml
index 3742c3143..599017176 100644
--- a/http-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/http-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml b/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
index 85afe1163..c86303b86 100644
--- a/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml b/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
index 0072a529d..0ce27c63a 100644
--- a/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-serde/pom.xml b/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
index e86f1e07a..79de22e05 100644
--- a/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04b8bf81c..2cddb0d87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     <version>7.22.1</version>
     <inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
     <modules>
-        <module>release-parent</module>
         <module>core</module>
         <module>driver</module>
         <module>shaded</module>
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@
         <sonar.java.spotbugs.reportPaths>target/spotbugsXml.xml</sonar.java.spotbugs.reportPaths>
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>site/jacoco/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
         <graalvm.version>25.0.0</graalvm.version>
+        <moduleName/>
     </properties>
 
     <developers>
@@ -78,6 +78,182 @@
                 <module>test-perf</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>static-code-analysis</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>4.9.6.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <excludeFilterFile>spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>compile</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>check</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <dependencies>
+                            <dependency>
+                                <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
+                                <version>4.7.3</version>
+                            </dependency>
+                        </dependencies>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>report</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <dataFile>../test-functional/target/jacoco.exec</dataFile>
+                            <formats>
+                                <format>XML</format>
+                            </formats>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>maven.test.skip</name>
+                    <value>true</value>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <excludePackageNames>
+                                        com.arangodb.internal,
+                                        com.arangodb.internal.*,
+                                        com.arangodb.serde.jackson.internal,
+                                        javax.*
+                                    </excludePackageNames>
+                                    <doclint>none</doclint>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.2.8</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <!-- enable flattening -->
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>flatten</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>flatten</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                            <!-- ensure proper cleanup -->
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>flatten.clean</id>
+                                <phase>clean</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>clean</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <archive>
+                                <manifestEntries>
+                                    <Implementation-Title>${project.name}</Implementation-Title>
+                                    <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
+                                    <Automatic-Module-Name>${moduleName}</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                                </manifestEntries>
+                            </archive>
+                            <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <filesets>
+                                <fileset>
+                                    <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </fileset>
+                            </filesets>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.9.0</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/release-parent/pom.xml b/release-parent/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1633c9b09..000000000
--- a/release-parent/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,219 +0,0 @@
-<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.22.1</version>
-    </parent>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <name>release-parent</name>
-    <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
-    <description>Parent for releasable modules</description>
-    <url>https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb-java-driver</url>
-
-    <licenses>
-        <license>
-            <name>Apache License 2.0</name>
-            <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
-            <distribution>repo</distribution>
-        </license>
-    </licenses>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Michele Rastelli</name>
-            <url>https://github.com/rashtao</url>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <id>mpv1989</id>
-            <name>Mark Vollmary</name>
-            <url>https://github.com/mpv1989</url>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <scm>
-        <url>https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb-java-driver</url>
-        <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/arangodb/arangodb-java-driver.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/arangodb/arangodb-java-driver.git</developerConnection>
-    </scm>
-
-    <properties>
-        <moduleName/>
-    </properties>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <excludePackageNames>
-                                com.arangodb.internal,
-                                com.arangodb.internal.*,
-                                com.arangodb.serde.jackson.internal,
-                                javax.*
-                            </excludePackageNames>
-                            <doclint>none</doclint>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.8</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <gpgArguments>
-                        <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
-                        <arg>loopback</arg>
-                    </gpgArguments>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>sign</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- enable flattening -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>flatten</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>flatten</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <!-- ensure proper cleanup -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>flatten.clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>clean</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <archive>
-                        <manifestEntries>
-                            <Implementation-Title>${project.name}</Implementation-Title>
-                            <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
-                            <Automatic-Module-Name>${moduleName}</Automatic-Module-Name>
-                        </manifestEntries>
-                    </archive>
-                    <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <filesets>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</include>
-                            </includes>
-                        </fileset>
-                    </filesets>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
-                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.9.0</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
-                    <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
-                    <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>static-code-analysis</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>4.9.6.0</version>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <excludeFilterFile>spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <phase>compile</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>check</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <dependencies>
-                            <dependency>
-                                <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-                                <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-                                <version>4.7.3</version>
-                            </dependency>
-                        </dependencies>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>report</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <dataFile>../test-functional/target/jacoco.exec</dataFile>
-                            <formats>
-                                <format>XML</format>
-                            </formats>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shaded/pom.xml b/shaded/pom.xml
index 2dfb54053..d1237817a 100644
--- a/shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/shaded/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/vst-protocol/pom.xml b/vst-protocol/pom.xml
index 760f250ab..33acf7522 100644
--- a/vst-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/vst-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <relativePath>../release-parent</relativePath>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>release-parent</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7.22.1</version>
     </parent>