diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f1d3ca..1228611 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>bitbucket-push-and-pull-request</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
     <packaging>hpi</packaging>
 
     <properties>
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin</url>
-        <tag>bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-2.8.3</tag>
+        <tag>bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-3.0.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <repositories>
diff --git a/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f1d3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+<?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>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>4.53</version>
+        <relativePath />
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
+    <artifactId>bitbucket-push-and-pull-request</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>hpi</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <jenkins.version>2.361.4</jenkins.version>
+        <powermock.version>2.0.0</powermock.version>
+        <hpi.compatibleSinceVersion>2.9.0</hpi.compatibleSinceVersion>
+<!-- Readd to enable Java 17 -->
+<!--        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>-->
+<!--        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>-->
+<!--        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>-->
+<!--        <maven.compiler.testRelease>17</maven.compiler.testRelease>-->
+    </properties>
+
+    <name>Bitbucket Push and Pull Request Plugin</name>
+    <description>Bitbucket plugin for Jenkins v2.138.2 or later, allowing push and pull requests</description>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>MIT License</name>
+            <url>https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>cdelmonte</id>
+            <name>Christian Del Monte</name>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.jenkins.tools.bom</groupId>
+                <artifactId>bom-2.361.x</artifactId>
+                <version>1750.v0071fa_4c4a_e3</version>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+                <type>pom</type>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>structs</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>git</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-multibranch</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scm-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci</groupId>
+            <artifactId>annotation-indexer</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plain-credentials</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>credentials</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>matrix-project</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>job-dsl</artifactId>
+            <version>1.81.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4.21</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.scribejava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scribejava-core</artifactId>
+            <version>8.3.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Added to avoid transitive dependency via scribejava-core-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Added to avoid transitive dependency via scribejava-core-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- JCasC compatibility -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.jenkins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>configuration-as-code</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.jenkins.configuration-as-code</groupId>
+            <artifactId>test-harness</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jenkins-test-harness</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-basic-steps</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-cps</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-durable-task-step</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-job</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pipeline-stage-step</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow</groupId>
+            <artifactId>workflow-scm-step</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pipeline-input-step</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
+            <version>5.2.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-plugin</url>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin</url>
+        <tag>bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-2.8.3</tag>
+    </scm>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
+            <url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.22.2</version>
+            </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <source>17</source>
+              <target>17</target>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ebfd0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#release configuration
+#Sat Oct 14 16:51:56 CEST 2023
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+project.scm.io.jenkins.plugins\:bitbucket-push-and-pull-request.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git
+scm.branchCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}
+project.scm.io.jenkins.plugins\:bitbucket-push-and-pull-request.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git
+pinExternals=false
+project.scm.io.jenkins.plugins\:bitbucket-push-and-pull-request.tag=bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-2.8.3
+pushChanges=true
+scm.rollbackCommitComment=@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}
+remoteTagging=true
+releaseStrategyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+completedPhase=generate-release-poms
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:jenkinsci/bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-plugin.git
+scm.developmentCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+exec.additionalArguments=
+project.rel.io.jenkins.plugins\:bitbucket-push-and-pull-request=3.0.0
+project.scm.io.jenkins.plugins\:bitbucket-push-and-pull-request.url=https\://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin
+scm.tag=bitbucket-push-and-pull-request-3.0.0
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean install
+scm.releaseCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}
+exec.pomFileName=pom.xml
+project.dev.io.jenkins.plugins\:bitbucket-push-and-pull-request=3.0.1-SNAPSHOT