diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35a88343002827772c235c62518a1c31ab37ce6b..a8f884ad2a041ad90cd3cb289074fd9cd03983e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf</groupId>
 	<artifactId>NoiSee</artifactId>
-	<version>0.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.1.2</version>
 
 	<name>NoiSee</name>
 	<description>An easy-to-use ImageJ macro for measuring SNR.</description>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/imcf/noisee</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:imcf/noisee</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>NoiSee-0.1.2</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/imcf/noisee</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab6a75a13c2d701ee2d62e4b0412aef1bff72ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Tue Mar 27 18:01:40 CEST 2018
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:NoiSee.connection=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/imcf/noisee
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=NoiSee-0.1.2
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/imcf/noisee
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:NoiSee.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:imcf/noisee
+project.rel.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:NoiSee=0.1.2
+project.dev.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:NoiSee=0.1.3-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:NoiSee.tag=HEAD
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:NoiSee.url=https\://github.com/imcf/noisee
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true -Dgpg.skip\=true -P deploy-to-imagej
+completedPhase=end-release