diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41b640e4..330f9cfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bigwarp_fiji</artifactId>
-	<version>6.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.0.2</version>
 
 	<name>BigWarp plugin for Fiji</name>
 	<description>A tool for manual pointwise deformable registration using bigdataviewer.</description>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/saalfeldlab/bigwarp</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:saalfeldlab/bigwarp</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>bigwarp_fiji-6.0.2</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/saalfeldlab/bigwarp</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f1082b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Wed Aug 12 10:13:10 EDT 2020
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigwarp_fiji.connection=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/saalfeldlab/bigwarp
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=bigwarp_fiji-6.0.2
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git\://github.com/saalfeldlab/bigwarp
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.dev.sc.fiji\:bigwarp_fiji=6.0.3-SNAPSHOT
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigwarp_fiji.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigwarp_fiji.url=https\://github.com/saalfeldlab/bigwarp
+project.rel.sc.fiji\:bigwarp_fiji=6.0.2
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:bigwarp_fiji.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:saalfeldlab/bigwarp
+completedPhase=end-release