diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f200bec0c..945504fad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.mastodon</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mastodon</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0-beta-26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0-beta-26</version>
 
 	<name>Mastodon</name>
 	<description>Mastodon – a large-scale tracking and track-editing framework for large, multi-view images.</description>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/mastodon-sc/mastodon</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:mastodon-sc/mastodon</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>mastodon-1.0.0-beta-26</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/mastodon-sc/mastodon</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f78085325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Fri Nov 04 16:03:35 CET 2022
+project.scm.org.mastodon\:mastodon.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.org.mastodon\:mastodon.url=https\://github.com/mastodon-sc/mastodon
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=mastodon-1.0.0-beta-26
+project.scm.org.mastodon\:mastodon.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/mastodon-sc/mastodon
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/mastodon-sc/mastodon
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.rel.org.mastodon\:mastodon=1.0.0-beta-26
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.dev.org.mastodon\:mastodon=1.0.0-beta-27-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.org.mastodon\:mastodon.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:mastodon-sc/mastodon
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+completedPhase=end-release