diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eca09d0a..3cf521cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## v1.0.0-rc.1
+
+- Migrate to upgradable contracts (for some) and toolings (#6, #7, #8, #16, #25)
+- Introduce IPAccount Namespace Storage for Open Data Access design and IViewModule for Enhanced Metadata Display (#2)
+- Introduce the Core Metadata Module and its View Module for storing and viewing metadata in individual IPAccounts (#15)
+- Deprecate Registration Module (#3) and IPAssetRenderer (#14)
+- Simplify RoyaltyPolicyLAP logic by removing native token payment (#1) and ancestor hash & royalty context (#4) with additional minor changes.
+- Simplify IP registration in IPAssetRegistry and enable permissionless registration on behalf of IP NFT owners (#17)
+- Replace SP royalty policy's 0xSplits with custom ERC20 Royalty Vault based on ERC20Snapshot (#26)
+- Prevent child IPs from linking to parents more than once in the LicensingModule (#28)
+- Refactor codebase structure (#29)
+- Enhance CI/CD and repo (#10, #11, #12, #13, #16, #18), bump pkgs (#19...#24), and misc. (#27, #30)
+
 ## v1.0.0-beta-rc6
 
 This release patches the beta release of Story Protocol.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aec4ff5f..c0c24618 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@story-protocol/protocol-core",
-    "version": "v1.0.0-beta-rc6",
+    "version": "v1.0.0-rc.1",
     "description": "Story Protocol core smart contracts",
     "main": "",
     "directories": {