diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 8d71af19..64141cc5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changes for crate
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+2024/11/05 1.0.0
+================
+
 - BREAKING CHANGE: The SQLAlchemy dialect has been split off into
   the `sqlalchemy-cratedb`_ package, see notice below.
 - Feature: Returned Python ``datetime`` objects are now always timezone-aware,
diff --git a/src/crate/client/__init__.py b/src/crate/client/__init__.py
index 639ab201..35a53d6e 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 # version string read from setup.py using a regex. Take care not to break the
 # regex!
-__version__ = "0.35.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
 
 apilevel = "2.0"
 threadsafety = 1