diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b38508d..ebea75c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 
+Version 1.0 - May 9, 2011
+
+- jansson 2.0 compatibility
+- correct off-by-one in date (month) display output
+- fix platform detection
+- improve yasm configure bits
+- support full URL, in X-Long-Polling header
+
 Version 0.8.1 - March 22, 2011
 
 - Make --user, --pass actually work
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3176a1c..2745df6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.8.1])
+AC_INIT([cpuminer], [1.0])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM