diff --git a/REAME.md b/REAME.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b1cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/REAME.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# MAVEN PARENT POM
+
+A parent pom for all the gCube artifacts.
+
+# Enforcements
+* Java 8 (target and source)
+* OpenJDK as target Java VM.
+* Maven 3.0.0+
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eae0316..7f9e4cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
org.gcube.tools
maven-parent
- 1.0.0
+ 1.1.0
pom
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@
+
+ java.vm.name
+ Java Vendor must be OpenJDK.
+ ${java.expected.vm}
+ Java Vendor must be OpenJDK. Found: ${java.vm.name}
+
@@ -382,6 +388,7 @@
distro
1.8
+ .*OpenJDK.*
${java_version}
${java_version}