diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b87b589ea23b07492faff99e30483eb14939c1c..3efb800d25a675298bf0c77dfed6866569ad91e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>zellige-core</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.1</version>
 
 
     <name>Zellige-core</name>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5cf6ffe4de2343a7b40cb4a9f93c7479a40f2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Tue May 10 10:10:17 CEST 2022
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+remoteTagging=true
+project.dev.org.example\:zellige-core=1.1.2-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=zellige-core-1.1.1
+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-1.1.1
+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=1.1.1