diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5c7222f..5c1a83d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-Version 0.1.0 [unreleased]
+Version 0.1.0 [2017-12-02]
 --------------------------
 
-WIP
+- first release
diff --git a/django_loci/__init__.py b/django_loci/__init__.py
index 05e5cd1..e2a9378 100644
--- a/django_loci/__init__.py
+++ b/django_loci/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (0, 1, 0, 'alpha')
+VERSION = (0, 1, 0, 'final')
 __version__ = VERSION  # alias