diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c39891b5..37fcefaa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.0.0-rc.1"
+  ".": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c19bc3a..8770c5ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.0](https://github.com/OpenReliant/openreliant/compare/v1.0.0-rc.1...v1.0.0) (2026-11-10)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* publish the 1.0.0 release ([#1344](https://github.com/OpenReliant/openreliant/issues/1344)) ([ece3666](https://github.com/OpenReliant/openreliant/commit/ece36668d25a3d2615057f439940f8e60453762f))
+
 ## [1.0.0-rc.1](https://github.com/OpenReliant/openreliant/compare/v0.21.0...v1.0.0-rc.1) (2026-11-03)
 
 
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index f61e7ae7..81ac32cd 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .{
     .name = .openreliant,
-    .version = "1.0.0-rc.1", // x-release-please-version
+    .version = "1.0.0", // x-release-please-version
     .fingerprint = 0x51560fdd72ea15d0,
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.17.0",
     .dependencies = .{