diff --git a/commons-kernel/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/commons-kernel/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f7314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons-kernel/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>be.sddevelopment.commons</groupId>
+    <artifactId>code-utils</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>commons-kernel</artifactId>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
+    <sonar.projectKey>sddevelopment-be_coding-utils:${project.artifactId}</sonar.projectKey>
+    <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>${jacoco.build.dir}/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
+    <jacoco.build.dir>${project.build.directory}/jacoco</jacoco.build.dir>
+  </properties>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d26e3c..7aa84fd 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
       <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/sddevelopment-be/coding-utils</url>
     </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:sddevelopment-be/coding-utils.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:sddevelopment-be/coding-utils.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/sddevelopment-be/coding-utils</url>
+  </scm>
+
   <properties>
     <sonar.organization>sddevelopment-be</sonar.organization>
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
@@ -61,8 +68,6 @@
 
     <lombok.version>1.18.32</lombok.version>
     <rewrite.version>5.36.0</rewrite.version>
-
-    <sd.commons.version>${project.version}</sd.commons.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -71,17 +76,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>be.sddevelopment.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons</artifactId>
-        <version>${sd.commons.version}</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>be.sddevelopment.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-kernel</artifactId>
-        <version>${sd.commons.version}</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>be.sddevelopment.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-testing</artifactId>
-        <version>${sd.commons.version}</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- BEGIN UTIL SCOPE -->
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0339105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#release configuration
+#Wed Nov 20 07:27:30 CET 2024
+completedPhase=map-development-versions
+exec.additionalArguments=-P github
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+project.dev.be.sddevelopment.commons\:code-utils=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.be.sddevelopment.commons\:commons=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.be.sddevelopment.commons\:commons-kernel=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.be.sddevelopment.commons\:commons-testing=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.be.sddevelopment.commons\:code-utils=1.0.0
+project.rel.be.sddevelopment.commons\:commons=1.0.0
+project.rel.be.sddevelopment.commons\:commons-kernel=1.0.0
+project.rel.be.sddevelopment.commons\:commons-testing=1.0.0
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+pushChanges=true
+remoteTagging=true
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+scm.tag=code-utils-1.0.0
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git\://github.com\:sddevelopment-be/coding-utils.git