diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1601ee65909414a3540aa1ac0281481b4ba8909e..2f09e71a0a6ba123bfa6e23a2f240684f0573652 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>zellige-core</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
 
 
     <name>Zellige-core</name>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git://gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>zellige-core-1.1.0</tag>
         <url>https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/</url>
     </scm>
     <issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8a204e0837f458900123ba39bd7720cf41ce6a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Fri Apr 22 18:13:32 CEST 2022
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+remoteTagging=true
+project.dev.org.example\:zellige-core=1.1.1-SNAPSHOT
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.org.example\:zellige-core.url=https\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+project.scm.org.example\:zellige-core.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.org.example\:zellige-core.connection=scm\:git\:git\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+completedPhase=end-release
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+pushChanges=false
+scm.tag=zellige-core-1.1.0
+project.scm.org.example\:zellige-core.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.rel.org.example\:zellige-core=1.1.0