diff --git a/.promu.yml b/.promu.yml
index ebe8f618..9a17044b 100644
--- a/.promu.yml
+++ b/.promu.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ tarball:
     files:
         - LICENSE
         - README.md
+        - CHANGELOG.md
         - examples/grafana/dashboard.json
         - examples/kubernetes/deployment.yml
         - examples/prometheus/elasticsearch.rules
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf1e0a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## 1.0.0 / 2017-07-03
+
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Rewrite the codebase to reduce redundancy and improve extensibility [#65]
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Add examples for Grafana and Prometheus [#66]
+* [BREAKING] Removed several duplicate or redundant metrics [#65]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e07ea213..b68b01a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ https://github.com/justwatchcom/elasticsearch_exporter/releases
 #### Docker
 
 ```bash
-docker pull justwatch/elasticsearch_exporter:1.0.0-rc1
-docker run --rm -p 9108:9108 justwatch/elasticsearch_exporter:1.0.0-rc1
+docker pull justwatch/elasticsearch_exporter:1.0.0
+docker run --rm -p 9108:9108 justwatch/elasticsearch_exporter:1.0.0
 ```
 
 Example `docker-compose.yml`:
 
 ```yaml
 elasticsearch_exporter:
-    image: justwatch/elasticsearch_exporter:1.0.0-rc1
+    image: justwatch/elasticsearch_exporter:1.0.0
     command:
      - '-es.uri=http://elasticsearch:9200'
     restart: always
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 867bf6ba..3eefcb9d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.0-rc1
+1.0.0