diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb5b3e37c..63eea732a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.embl.mobie</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mobie-viewer-fiji</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.10</version>
 
+	<!-- mvn javadoc:javadoc -Denforcer.skip | grep error -->
 	<!-- mvn clean compile -Dmaven.test.skip=true -->
 	<!-- mvn clean install -Dscijava.app.directory=/Users/tischer/Desktop/Fiji/Fiji-MoBIE-beta.app -->
 	<!-- mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dscijava.app.directory=/Users/tischer/Desktop/Fiji/Fiji-MoBIE-beta.app -->
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>mobie-viewer-fiji-2.1.10</tag>
 		<url>https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</url>
 	</scm>
 	<issueManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb5b3e37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+<?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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
+		<artifactId>pom-scijava</artifactId>
+		<version>31.1.0</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<groupId>org.embl.mobie</groupId>
+	<artifactId>mobie-viewer-fiji</artifactId>
+	<version>2.1.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<!-- mvn clean compile -Dmaven.test.skip=true -->
+	<!-- mvn clean install -Dscijava.app.directory=/Users/tischer/Desktop/Fiji/Fiji-MoBIE-beta.app -->
+	<!-- mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dscijava.app.directory=/Users/tischer/Desktop/Fiji/Fiji-MoBIE-beta.app -->
+	<!-- mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dscijava.app.directory=/Users/tischer/Desktop/Fiji/Fiji-MoBIE.app -->
+	<!-- ../scijava-scripts/release-version.sh - -skip-version-check -->
+
+	<url>https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</url>
+	<name>MoBIE Fiji Viewer</name>
+	<description>Fiji viewer for MoBIE projects</description>
+	<inceptionYear>2018</inceptionYear>
+	<organization>
+		<name>EMBL</name>
+		<url>http://embl.de/</url>
+	</organization>
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>Simplified BSD License</name>
+			<distribution>repo</distribution>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<id>tischi</id>
+			<name>Christian Tischer</name>
+			<roles>
+				<role>lead</role>
+				<role>developer</role>
+				<role>debugger</role>
+				<role>reviewer</role>
+				<role>support</role>
+				<role>maintainer</role>
+			</roles>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+	<contributors>
+		<contributor>
+			<name>Kimberly Meechan</name>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+				<role>debugger</role>
+				<role>reviewer</role>
+				<role>support</role>
+			</roles>
+		</contributor>
+	</contributors>
+	<mailingLists>
+		<mailingList>
+			<name>Image.sc Forum</name>
+			<archive>https://forum.image.sc/</archive>
+		</mailingList>
+	</mailingLists>
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</developerConnection>
+		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<url>https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji</url>
+	</scm>
+	<issueManagement>
+		<system>GitHub</system>
+		<url>https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji/issues</url>
+	</issueManagement>
+	<ciManagement>
+		<system>Github Actions</system>
+		<url>https://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji/actions</url>
+	</ciManagement>
+	<properties>
+		<package-name>de.embl.cba.mobie</package-name>
+		<license.licenseName>bsd_2</license.licenseName>
+		<license.copyrightOwners>EMBL</license.copyrightOwners>
+		<enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
+
+        <bigdataviewer-playground.version>0.4.5</bigdataviewer-playground.version>
+		<imagej-utils.version>0.6.8</imagej-utils.version>
+		<mobie-io.version>1.2.11</mobie-io.version>
+		<bigdataviewer-core.version>10.2.1</bigdataviewer-core.version>
+
+		<!-- Version 1.6.0-scijava-3-SNAPSHOT of j3dcore addresses a minor issue
+		https://github.com/fiji/3D_Viewer/issues/26
+
+		1.6.0-scijava-3-SNAPSHOT is not released on any repository,
+		so you'd have to build it locally from https://github.com/scijava/java3d-core
+
+		Alternatively, as the fix included in 1.6.0-scijava-3-SNAPSHOT is not critical,
+		the easiest is to use version 1.6.0-scijava-2 instead, which is available
+		on a central repository, and which we will use here for the ome.zarr branch
+		-->
+		<j3dcore.version>1.6.0-scijava-2</j3dcore.version>
+
+		<!-- NB: Deploy releases to the SciJava Maven repository. -->
+		<releaseProfiles>sign,deploy-to-scijava</releaseProfiles>
+	</properties>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>scijava.public</id>
+			<url>https://maven.scijava.org/content/groups/public</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imagej-legacy</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bigdataviewer-playground</artifactId>
+			<version>${bigdataviewer-playground.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
+					<artifactId>imagej</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imglib2</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imglib2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imglib2</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imglib2-cache</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bigdataviewer-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${bigdataviewer-core.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bigdataviewer-vistools</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spim_data</artifactId>
+			<version>${spim_data.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.embl.mobie</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mobie-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${mobie-io.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
+			<artifactId>n5-aws-s3</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
+			<artifactId>n5-imglib2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.janelia.saalfeldlab</groupId>
+			<artifactId>n5-blosc</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
+			<artifactId>3D_Viewer</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>j3dcore</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>de.embl.cba</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imagej-utils</artifactId>
+			<version>${imagej-utils.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
+					<artifactId>imagej</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
+			<artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+			<version>16.0.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.formdev</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flatlaf</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ij</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>trove</groupId>
+            <artifactId>trove</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+		<!--  https://forum.image.sc/t/icy-crashes-when-clicking-3d-view-macos-catalina/40628/21 -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.jogl</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jogl-all</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/jogl-all.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.jogl</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jogl-all-natives-macosx-universal</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/jogl-all-natives-macosx-universal.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.jogl</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jogl-all-natives-windows-amd64</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/jogl-all-natives-windows-amd64.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.jogl</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jogl-all-natives-linux-amd64</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/jogl-all-natives-linux-amd64.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.gluegen</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gluegen-rt</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/gluegen-rt.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.gluegen</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gluegen-rt-natives-macosx-universal</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/gluegen-rt-natives-macosx-universal.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.gluegen</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gluegen-rt-natives-windows-amd64</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/gluegen-rt-natives-windows-amd64.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jogamp.gluegen</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gluegen-rt-natives-linux-amd64</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4.0-rc-20200307</version>
+			<scope>system</scope>
+			<systemPath>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/gluegen-rt-natives-linux-amd64.jar</systemPath>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+			<version>5.4.2</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+			<version>5.4.2</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.github.erosb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>everit-json-schema</artifactId>
+			<version>1.14.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imagej</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9d5ecce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#release configuration
+#Tue Jun 07 09:53:29 CEST 2022
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+project.scm.org.embl.mobie\:mobie-viewer-fiji.tag=HEAD
+remoteTagging=true
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.dev.org.embl.mobie\:mobie-viewer-fiji=2.1.11-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.org.embl.mobie\:mobie-viewer-fiji.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji
+project.rel.org.embl.mobie\:mobie-viewer-fiji=2.1.10
+completedPhase=generate-release-poms
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji
+project.scm.org.embl.mobie\:mobie-viewer-fiji.url=https\://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji
+project.scm.org.embl.mobie\:mobie-viewer-fiji.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/mobie/mobie-viewer-fiji
+exec.additionalArguments=-Dgpg.skip\=true  -P deploy-to-scijava
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+pushChanges=false
+scm.tag=mobie-viewer-fiji-2.1.10
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify