diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2878b314965aaaca03219b261bbcf5fee70e3984..6c8e1bee75fdd8cf612d96c62750d7a9d7994180 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>LocalZProjector</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.5.3</version>
 	<name>plugins/LocalZProjector_.jar</name>
 	<description>A Fiji tool to perform local Z projection.</description>
 	<url>https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah-public/localzprojector</url>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah/LocalZProjector</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr:iah/LocalZProjector</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>LocalZProjector-1.5.3</tag>
 		<url>https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah/LocalZProjector</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53d92705934e94e916147518d37ce54b37b9b2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Sat Mar 20 14:42:40 CET 2021
+project.scm.org.scijava\:LocalZProjector.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.org.scijava\:LocalZProjector.url=https\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah/LocalZProjector
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=LocalZProjector-1.5.3
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr\:iah/LocalZProjector
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.dev.org.scijava\:LocalZProjector=1.5.4-SNAPSHOT
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.org.scijava\:LocalZProjector.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr\:iah/LocalZProjector
+project.rel.org.scijava\:LocalZProjector=1.5.3
+project.scm.org.scijava\:LocalZProjector.connection=scm\:git\:git\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/iah/LocalZProjector
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+completedPhase=end-release