diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..37fcefa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c9150b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2026-09-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add a minimal ruby project with tests ([8fd3aea](https://github.com/vannt-dev/repokeeper-demo-ruby/commit/8fd3aeaeb42fad40b6c7677ded95b89f7da2f6a6))
diff --git a/lib/fixture/version.rb b/lib/fixture/version.rb
index af5ffff..d4008a1 100644
--- a/lib/fixture/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fixture/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Fixture
-  VERSION = "0.0.0"
+  VERSION = "1.0.0"
 end