diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e69318e45..9e61ddc5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 	<artifactId>TrackMate</artifactId>
-	<version>7.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>7.10.0</version>
 
 	<name>TrackMate</name>
 	<description>TrackMate plugin for Fiji.</description>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/trackmate-sc/TrackMate</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:trackmate-sc/TrackMate</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>TrackMate-7.10.0</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/trackmate-sc/TrackMate</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccc05a927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Wed Jan 18 17:03:32 CET 2023
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.tag=TrackMate-7.10.0
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:TrackMate.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:trackmate-sc/TrackMate
+pushChanges=false
+scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/trackmate-sc/TrackMate
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.rel.sc.fiji\:TrackMate=7.10.0
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:TrackMate.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/trackmate-sc/TrackMate
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.dev.sc.fiji\:TrackMate=7.10.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:TrackMate.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.sc.fiji\:TrackMate.url=https\://github.com/trackmate-sc/TrackMate
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+completedPhase=end-release