diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2020-10-17  Franklin "Snaipe" Mathieu  <snaipe@arista.com>
+
+	* bst: version 1.0.0-rc1
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('bst', 'c',
 		meson_version   : '>= 0.51.0',
 		license         : 'MIT',
-		version         : '0.0.1',
+		version         : '1.0.0-rc1',
 		default_options : ['c_std=c11', 'warning_level=3'])
 
 prefix     = get_option('prefix')