diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7b1b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+_extends: .github
+tag-template: XXX
diff --git a/.mvn/extensions.xml b/.mvn/extensions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f51041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/extensions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<extensions xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/EXTENSIONS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/EXTENSIONS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/core-extensions-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>io.jenkins.tools.incrementals</groupId>
+    <artifactId>git-changelist-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1</version>
+  </extension>
+</extensions>
diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae9593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-Pconsume-incrementals
+-Pmight-produce-incrementals
+-Dchangelist.format=%d.%s
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c654222..64aed6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
 [Wiki](https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Log+CLI+Plugin)
+
+# Releasing
+
+As per [instructions](https://github.com/jenkinsci/incrementals-tools/#superseding-maven-releases):
+
+```bash
+mvn -Dset.changelist -DaltDeploymentRepository=maven.jenkins-ci.org::default::https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/releases/ clean deploy
+```
+
+then update [Releases](https://github.com/jenkinsci/log-cli-plugin/releases).
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10df66c..7aa793f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
         <relativePath />
     </parent>
     <artifactId>log-cli</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${changelist}</version>
     <packaging>hpi</packaging>
     <properties>
+        <changelist>999999-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
         <jenkins.version>2.7.3</jenkins.version>
         <java.level>7</java.level>
     </properties>
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
   </scm>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
@@ -48,4 +49,24 @@
             <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile> <!-- TODO perhaps move to plugin-pom -->
+            <id>block-MRP</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>changelist.format</name>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <preparationGoals>not-set-up-for-MRP</preparationGoals>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>