diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be5d003901..22fa1b83ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-core</name>
-  <version>2.15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.15.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Core Jackson processing abstractions (aka Streaming API), implementation for JSON</description>
   <licenses>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-core.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-core.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jackson-core-2.15.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
     <packageVersion.package>${project.groupId}.json</packageVersion.package>
 
     <!-- for Reproducible Builds -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-04-14T19:44:41Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-04-23T21:18:26Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <!-- Alas, need to include snapshot reference since otherwise can not find
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3869270c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#release configuration
+#Sun Apr 23 14:19:10 PDT 2023
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+exec.pomFileName=pom.xml
+pushChanges=false
+releaseStrategyId=default
+project.dev.com.fasterxml.jackson.core\:jackson-core=2.15.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.com.fasterxml.jackson.core\:jackson-core.connection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:FasterXML/jackson-core.git
+scm.tag=jackson-core-2.15.0
+remoteTagging=true
+project.scm.com.fasterxml.jackson.core\:jackson-core.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:FasterXML/jackson-core.git
+exec.additionalArguments=-Prelease
+scm.branchCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:FasterXML/jackson-core.git
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+project.scm.com.fasterxml.jackson.core\:jackson-core.tag=HEAD
+pinExternals=false
+project.rel.com.fasterxml.jackson.core\:jackson-core=2.15.0
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+scm.releaseCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+project.scm.com.fasterxml.jackson.core\:jackson-core.url=https\://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core
+scm.developmentCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration
+scm.rollbackCommitComment=@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}
+completedPhase=end-release