commited
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43007f7..35b33d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
           <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
diff --git a/sonar-scanner.properties b/sonar-scanner.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..240affd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-scanner.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Required metadata
+sonar.projectKey=java-sonar-runner-simple
+sonar.projectName=Simple Java project analyzed with the SonarQube Runner
+sonar.projectVersion=1.0
+
+# Comma-separated paths to directories with sources (required)
+sonar.sources=src
+# Language
+sonar.language=java
+
+# Encoding of the source files
+sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8