diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# 1.0.0 (2023-06-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add semantic-release packages ([b669fe7](https://github.com/erelsgl/limdu/commit/b669fe7a80a3991a267c7309e915ca4f9ac0276e))
+* node version in publish.yml ([e4063b2](https://github.com/erelsgl/limdu/commit/e4063b261e3637a5c0e0b5bbac08978358af3142))
+* node version to 20.x ([d2d46c9](https://github.com/erelsgl/limdu/commit/d2d46c96f93ff828968582a7ccc35393e9d6970a))
+* use codfish semantic action ([c8c766b](https://github.com/erelsgl/limdu/commit/c8c766bbfbcac70d9851e24b3f8f3479cc80130f))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* automatically publish to npm ([c3cd44f](https://github.com/erelsgl/limdu/commit/c3cd44f0d8d8266951c3f71685195f692284cc46))
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
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--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "limdu",
-  "version": "0.9.6",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "limdu",
-      "version": "0.9.6",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
       "license": "LGPL-2.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "async": "^3.2.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "limdu",
   "description": "A machine learning framework for Node.js. Supports multi-level classification and online learning.",
-  "version": "0.9.6",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "author": "Erel Segal-haLevi <erelsgl@gmail.com>",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",