Override release repository from parent to use https, which is now required.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbc463c..07e7799 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
 
   <distributionManagement>
     <!-- override the parent's directory to point to the canonical place, and use https. -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>google-releases</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
     <snapshotRepository>
       <id>google-snapshots</id>
       <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>