diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a73e81da0b767e2a005cfc2a8f9b35b7223dca1..c561b099ab76a8dd304a2f65bbb4382d5399d2c9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
 <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>org.apache</groupId>
+    <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+    <version>11</version>
+  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
   <artifactId>spark-parent</artifactId>
   <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index b1b99b37c4f9328a380faac3317c8084527fb7f5..d038a4f479682a10e316bc5493f77a278ca4afbb 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
     //useGpg in Global := true,
 
     pomExtra := (
+      <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
+        <version>13</version>
+      </parent>
       <url>http://spark.incubator.apache.org/</url>
       <licenses>
         <license>