diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2f413d363506494a6757d001e57fb6286b62d4c..a0457415635b3eee6190a168e8c05477d7e2ef8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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">
+<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>
 
 
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.example</groupId>
     <artifactId>zellige-core</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
 
 
     <name>Zellige-core</name>
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@
     <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-1.0.0</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..27785ec18df1b95526fe71a3a1d6d5cbe07dc5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Tue Apr 05 09:23:10 CEST 2022
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=zellige-core-1.0.0
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.dev.org.example\:zellige-core=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.org.example\:zellige-core.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+project.scm.org.example\:zellige-core.tag=HEAD
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+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.connection=scm\:git\:git\://gitlab.pasteur.fr/ctrebeau/zellige-core/
+project.rel.org.example\:zellige-core=1.0.0
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+completedPhase=end-release