diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## 1.1.0 - 2017-03-22
+## 1.0.0 - 2017-03-26
 ### Added
  - Initial stable release
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.0