diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc9bc5ee3ed8872a357c9825c9496e9d0afdda2e..119dbfa47a3f0cf6b11dd85d528e994052607960 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf</groupId>
 	<artifactId>python-micrometa</artifactId>
-	<version>15.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>15.0.1</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-15.0.1</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..f6394bc8f3b37c08cb5e115883f0c09c857e26d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Fri Feb 08 19:51:32 CET 2019
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=python-micrometa-15.0.1
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.url=https\://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:imcf/python-micrometa
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.rel.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa=15.0.1
+project.dev.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa=15.0.2-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.ch.unibas.biozentrum.imcf\:python-micrometa.connection=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/imcf/python-micrometa
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-imagej
+completedPhase=end-release