diff --git a/groups b/groups
index a29702f..2f43ebd 100644
--- a/groups
+++ b/groups
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 #
 27fd1abe9c979b988ab211298facafdab2a1b74d	Core ONOS Developers
 3d9cb6ba9b28b81863c5ac82dba1268dee3fa7bf	Administrators
+69b962734578d7fcf10c0125c1328478bc753cb6	ONOS Release
 7a84ca128a7ed68b9a69d403146854f0a7cf9729	TST
 a933cdfa65e5443471feee42bfd9a867e74bc6a6	ONOS Module Owners
diff --git a/project.config b/project.config
index 2344046..c8b3df4 100644
--- a/project.config
+++ b/project.config
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@
 	forgeAuthor = group ONOS Module Owners
 [access "refs/heads/*"]
 	forgeAuthor = group ONOS Module Owners
+[access "refs/tags/*"]
+	create = group ONOS Release
+	createTag = group ONOS Release
+	createSignedTag = group ONOS Release