diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9d0dd880..1d26eb8d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ hs_err*.log
 /data/
 /metrics/
 *.exe
+
+.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 2e1051e4d..d9745eb25 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test API</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Public interfaces for Zeebe Process Test.
+  </description>
+
   <properties>
     <version.java>8</version.java>
   </properties>
diff --git a/assertions/pom.xml b/assertions/pom.xml
index 8234f9e5d..868fc0ec4 100644
--- a/assertions/pom.xml
+++ b/assertions/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Assertions</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Assertions for verifying the state of a process.
+  </description>
+
   <properties>
     <version.java>8</version.java>
   </properties>
diff --git a/engine-agent/pom.xml b/engine-agent/pom.xml
index 946292528..b699cbce8 100644
--- a/engine-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-agent/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Engine Agent</name>
 
+  <description>
+    A wrapper around the test engine. This wrapper makes it possible to run the engine in a
+    testcontainer.
+  </description>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
diff --git a/engine-protocol/pom.xml b/engine-protocol/pom.xml
index 155364f9a..459ba04b1 100644
--- a/engine-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Engine Protocol</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Defines the protocol of communicating with the engine-agent.
+  </description>
+
   <properties>
     <plugin.version.proto-backwards-compatibility>1.0.7</plugin.version.proto-backwards-compatibility>
 
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index 16b4772bf..6d14d1630 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Engine</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Test engine for running process tests. This a minimized version of the real Zeebe engine and
+    should be used for testing purposes only.
+  </description>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
diff --git a/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml b/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml
index 504ae129c..1fd0c69c9 100644
--- a/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml
+++ b/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Extension Testcontainer</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Annotation and extension for running process tests using testcontainers.
+  </description>
+
   <properties>
     <version.java>8</version.java>
   </properties>
diff --git a/extension/pom.xml b/extension/pom.xml
index a9b9566a2..1a99af2a4 100644
--- a/extension/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Extension</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Annotation and extension for running process tests in an embedded test engine.
+  </description>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
diff --git a/filters/pom.xml b/filters/pom.xml
index 376590be4..983853933 100644
--- a/filters/pom.xml
+++ b/filters/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Filters</name>
 
+  <description>
+    Filters for filtering through a list of Records.
+  </description>
+
   <properties>
     <version.java>8</version.java>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2fbd6aae..02ee371f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test Root</name>
 
+  <description>
+    This pom should be the parent of all specified modules. It defines all versions and provides
+    plugins that are required for the child modules.
+  </description>
+
   <modules>
     <module>api</module>
     <module>assertions</module>
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@
     <nexus.snapshot.repository>https://app.camunda.com/nexus/content/repositories/zeebe-io-snapshots</nexus.snapshot.repository>
     <nexus.snapshot.repository.id>camunda-nexus</nexus.snapshot.repository.id>
 
+    <plugin.version.flatten>1.2.2</plugin.version.flatten>
     <plugin.version.fmt>2.9.1</plugin.version.fmt>
     <plugin.version.googlejavaformat>1.12.0</plugin.version.googlejavaformat>
     <plugin.version.jacoco>0.8.7</plugin.version.jacoco>
@@ -377,6 +383,41 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- Flatten pom plugin -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${plugin.version.flatten}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+          <!--
+            do not change the outputDirectory; it must remain the same one as the relative project
+            directory, as many plugins expect to resolve the project directory from the current POM
+            file's parent, and any plugin which would run post flatten would resolve the project
+            directory to the wrong one. For example, if you configure it to
+            ${project.build.directory}, then any plugin after will think that the project's
+            directory is not /parent/ but /parent/target, which may affect the execution of plugins
+            (e.g. resource file resolution)
+            -->
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>flatten</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>flatten</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>flatten.clean</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>clean</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>clean</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
     <extensions>
       <extension>
diff --git a/qa/pom.xml b/qa/pom.xml
index 5cc4dfbdd..e9e3d1fb5 100644
--- a/qa/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
   <name>Zeebe Process Test QA</name>
 
+  <description>
+    QA tests for testing the Zeebe Process Test project.
+  </description>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>