diff --git a/examples/example.parquet b/examples/example.parquet
index 6550284..3cb3d4d 100644
Binary files a/examples/example.parquet and b/examples/example.parquet differ
diff --git a/examples/example_metadata.json b/examples/example_metadata.json
index 92204dc..4653270 100644
--- a/examples/example_metadata.json
+++ b/examples/example_metadata.json
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@
       }
     },
     "primary_column": "geometry",
-    "version": "1.0.0-dev"
+    "version": "1.0.0-rc.1"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/format-specs/geoparquet.md b/format-specs/geoparquet.md
index 3837ddd..453cce7 100644
--- a/format-specs/geoparquet.md
+++ b/format-specs/geoparquet.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "S
 
 ## Version and schema
 
-This is version 1.0.0-dev of the GeoParquet specification.  See the [JSON Schema](schema.json) to validate metadata for this version.
+This is version 1.0.0-rc.1 of the GeoParquet specification.  See the [JSON Schema](schema.json) to validate metadata for this version.
 
 ## Geometry columns
 
diff --git a/format-specs/schema.json b/format-specs/schema.json
index 8133a46..93eb4b5 100644
--- a/format-specs/schema.json
+++ b/format-specs/schema.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "properties": {
     "version": {
       "type": "string",
-      "const": "1.0.0-dev"
+      "const": "1.0.0-rc.1"
     },
     "primary_column": {
       "type": "string",