diff --git a/DISCLAIMER b/DISCLAIMER
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9db89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DISCLAIMER
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Apache AsterixDB is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software
+Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC.
+
+Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review
+indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process
+have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects.
+
+While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness
+or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be
+fully endorsed by the ASF.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f756fce..22113e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
         <global.test.includes>**/*TestSuite.java,**/*Test.java,${execution.tests}</global.test.includes>
         <global.test.excludes>${optimizer.tests},${metadata.tests},${invalid.tests},${repeated.tests}</global.test.excludes>
     <!-- Versions under dependencymanagement or used in many projects via properties -->
-        <algebricks.version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</algebricks.version>
-        <hyracks.version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</hyracks.version>
+        <algebricks.version>0.2.16-incubating</algebricks.version>
+        <hyracks.version>0.2.16-incubating</hyracks.version>
         <hadoop.version>2.2.0</hadoop.version>
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <goals>package source:jar javadoc:jar deploy:deploy</goals>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.16</version>
                 <configuration>
@@ -150,7 +142,31 @@
                     </includes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                 <!-- We override the configuration plugin to override the descriptor to use for building
+                  the source release zip. Specifically, we would like to control the inclusions/exclusions.
+                  For example, we exclude the KEYS file from the zip -->
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                    <!-- Use this id to match the id mentioned in the assembly plugin configuration in
+                     the apache parent POM under the apache-release profile -->
+                        <id>source-release-assembly</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+            <!-- combine.self should be override to replace the configuration in the parent POM -->
+                        <configuration combine.self="override">
+                            <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/source.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                  </execution>
+              </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -289,6 +305,15 @@
             <id>algebricks-snapshots</id>
             <url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/algebricks-snapshots/</url>
         </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+                <checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
+            </snapshots>
+            <id>apache-staging</id>
+            <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheasterix-1005/</url>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/source.xml b/src/main/assembly/source.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..210c49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assembly/source.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  <id>source-release</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+      <includes>
+        <include>**/DISCLAIMER</include>
+        <include>**/LICENSE</include>
+        <include>**/NOTICE</include>
+        <include>**/README</include>
+        <include>**/src/**</include>
+        <include>**/results/**</include>
+        <include>**/pom.xml</include>
+        <include>**/build*.xml</include>
+        <include>**/findbugs*.xml</include>
+      </includes>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/${project.build.directory}/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>