diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 89f7b8d..947575a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = img src orig
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	LICENSE \
+	NEWS.md \
 	README.md
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45bd0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Release notes
+
+## 1.0
+
+The first release.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 474e9ef..6375527 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([Natural Mystic Shaders],
-        [0.1.0],
+        [1.0.0],
         [https://github.com/depressed-pho/natural-mystic-shaders/issues],
         [],
         [https://github.com/depressed-pho/natural-mystic-shaders])