diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07d4f8c..292e177 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ project(eos-evm-node)
 
 include(cmake/conan.cmake)
 
-set(VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 7)
+set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 0)
-#set(VERSION_SUFFIX rc2)
+set(VERSION_SUFFIX rc1)
 
 if(VERSION_SUFFIX)
     set(VERSION_FULL "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/external/silkworm b/external/silkworm
index 3273082..c524bbd 160000
--- a/external/silkworm
+++ b/external/silkworm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3273082db7c763b4d1051ae82f60891c236ced13
+Subproject commit c524bbde67c99812bbf8ba46e27eeec638b7815e