diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b18803bf03192b196a1e1c9cdbe1f08b96022f1f..a04fecfe730c43c9af19968ab8f9ca177e5e40bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bigdataviewer_fiji</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.2</version>
 
 	<name>BigDataViewer Fiji</name>
 	<description>Fiji plugins for starting BigDataViewer and exporting data.</description>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>bigdataviewer_fiji-4.0.2</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..650b6ea7f86015d73cc00da599054716e45ac1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Mon Nov 27 00:02:53 CET 2017
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigdataviewer_fiji.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji
+scm.tag=bigdataviewer_fiji-4.0.2
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.dev.sc.fiji\:bigdataviewer_fiji=4.0.3-SNAPSHOT
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigdataviewer_fiji.connection=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigdataviewer_fiji.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigdataviewer_fiji.url=https\://github.com/bigdataviewer/bigdataviewer_fiji
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-imagej
+project.rel.sc.fiji\:bigdataviewer_fiji=4.0.2
+completedPhase=end-release