diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4cb69a..3ae5f4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ pom.xml.asc
 .lein-failures
 .nrepl-port
 .cpcache/
+
+*.tar
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4792b51..8b99996 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change
 ### Added
 Mainly documentation and tidy-up; Beta release.
 
+## 0.1.4 - 2018-09-20
+This is not anticipated to be the actual Beta release; it's a dummy run to test the release and deployment process. Some required features are still missing.
+
 ## 0.1.0 - 2018-06-17
 ### Added
 Initial release.
diff --git a/pkg/README b/pkg/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f52ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this directory is required by the release process
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6217e20..8948adb 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject adl-support "0.1.4-SNAPSHOT"
+(defproject adl-support "0.1.5-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "A small library of functions called by generated ADL code."
   :url "https://github.com/simon-brooke/adl-support"
   :license {:name "MIT License"
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
                  [selmer "1.11.8"]]
 
   :plugins [[lein-codox "0.10.4"]
-            [lein-release "1.1.3"]]
+            [lein-release "1.0.5"]]
 
+  :deploy-repositories [["releases" :clojars]
+                        ["snapshots" :clojars]]
   :codox {:metadata {:doc "FIXME: write docs"}
           :output-path "doc"}