diff --git a/template/pom.xml b/template/pom.xml
index 1dbce05..42c5112 100644
--- a/template/pom.xml
+++ b/template/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <groupId>{{ .groupId }}</groupId>
     <artifactId>{{ .parentArtifactId }}</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>