diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ae6239..aa044a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	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>
 
+	<groupId>com.piggymetrics</groupId>
 	<artifactId>config</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -11,11 +12,30 @@
 	<description>Configuration Server</description>
 
 	<parent>
-		<groupId>com.piggymetrics</groupId>
-		<artifactId>piggymetrics</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<spring-cloud.version>Finchley.RELEASE</spring-cloud.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>