diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcc066a6d..9b0563f65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.morphonets</groupId>
 	<artifactId>SNT</artifactId>
-	<version>4.1.19-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.1.19</version>
 
 	<name>SNT</name>
 	<description>The ImageJ framework for quantitative neuroanatomy</description>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/morphonets/SNT</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:morphonets/SNT</developerConnection>
-		<tag>SNT-4.1.17</tag>
+		<tag>SNT-4.1.19</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/morphonets/SNT</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25fe5a26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Mon Jun 05 07:01:54 EDT 2023
+project.scm.org.morphonets\:SNT.url=https\://github.com/morphonets/SNT
+project.scm.org.morphonets\:SNT.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/morphonets/SNT
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=SNT-4.1.19
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/morphonets/SNT
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.dev.org.morphonets\:SNT=4.1.20-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.org.morphonets\:SNT=4.1.19
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+project.scm.org.morphonets\:SNT.tag=SNT-4.1.17
+completedPhase=end-release
+project.scm.org.morphonets\:SNT.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:morphonets/SNT