diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81ec590726f4891f203cf0a793b5330dd5d32f1e..79f5fb88beebbf24b7b5dd841a17c3f5bb06e159 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf</groupId>
 	<artifactId>python-micrometa</artifactId>
-	<version>15.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>15.2.0</version>
 
 	<name>MicroMeta</name>
 	<description>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:imcf/python-micrometa</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>python-micrometa-15.2.0</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..07e80710ab99ddc9603704a68a9011f11bf8eaea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Thu Apr 08 12:20:13 CEST 2021
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+remoteTagging=true
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.rel.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa=15.2.0
+completedPhase=end-release
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:imcf/python-micrometa
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true -Dgpg.skip\=true -P deploy-to-scijava
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+project.dev.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa=15.2.1-SNAPSHOT
+pushChanges=false
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.url=https\://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa
+scm.tag=python-micrometa-15.2.0
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.connection=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify