diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3055aedd2b6d1df2dbab39b372f03a1d299d65b6..2c1b483381efeeb7c45b35181953a3d6817e87ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>CellContactAnalyzer</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.1.3</version>
 	<name>CellContactAnalyzer</name>
 	<description>A Fiji tool to analyze cell to cell contacts based on TrackMate.</description>
 	<url>http://imagej.net/Welcome</url>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>CellContactAnalyzer-1.1.3</tag>
 		<url>https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9c52fa7c6ddbfd991db8c50ee3823b0f0fab1271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Thu Feb 17 13:41:10 CET 2022
+project.scm.org.scijava\:CellContactAnalyzer.tag=HEAD
+project.dev.org.scijava\:CellContactAnalyzer=1.1.4-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.org.scijava\:CellContactAnalyzer.url=https\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=CellContactAnalyzer-1.1.3
+project.scm.org.scijava\:CellContactAnalyzer.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.rel.org.scijava\:CellContactAnalyzer=1.1.3
+project.scm.org.scijava\:CellContactAnalyzer.connection=scm\:git\:https\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/CellContactAnalyzer
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+completedPhase=end-release