diff --git a/lyricsgenius/__init__.py b/lyricsgenius/__init__.py
index 4291d478..34c8d8b4 100644
--- a/lyricsgenius/__init__.py
+++ b/lyricsgenius/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius'
 __description__ = 'A Python wrapper around the Genius API'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
-__version__ = '0.9.9'
+__version__ = '1.0.0'
 
 import sys
 assert sys.version_info[0] == 3, "LyricsGenius requires Python 3."