diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index eca93c54..739991e9 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Release checklist
  - Create a [Github Release](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-go/releases/new)
 
 Future consideration: add another step, after the release is complete, to update
-`version.go` with a prerelease name. If you released `v0.2.0`, perhaps the next
-prerelease version would be `v0.2.1-beta`.
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+`version.go` with a prerelease name. If you released `v1.0.0`, perhaps the next
+prerelease version would be `v1.0.1-beta`.
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diff --git a/internal/utils/version.go b/internal/utils/version.go
index abc32a14..8152e211 100644
--- a/internal/utils/version.go
+++ b/internal/utils/version.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// The SolarWinds Observability Go APM library version
-	version = "0.2.0"
+	version = "1.0.0"
 
 	// The Go version
 	goVersion = strings.TrimPrefix(runtime.Version(), "go")