diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1678e5d..361fe47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 1.0.0rc0 (2024-01-21)
+
+### Feat
+
+- remove sqlalchemy and geoalchemy, use psycopg2 directly
+
+### Fix
+
+- cleanup view lines_view after splitting complete
+
+### Refactor
+
+- fix all linting errors for pre-commit
+
 ## 0.2.6 (2024-01-18)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a54349f..ce3b82c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 PACKAGE := org.osm_fieldwork.py
 NAME := fmtm-splitter
-VERSION := 0.2.6
+VERSION := 1.0.0rc0
 
 # All python source files
 # MDS := $(wildcard ./docs/*.md)
diff --git a/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py b/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py
index 01ef120..bcf7f89 100644
--- a/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py
+++ b/fmtm_splitter/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.6"
+__version__ = "1.0.0rc0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c6bbb6f..932d935 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pythonpath = "fmtm_splitter"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "1.0.0rc0"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",
     "fmtm_splitter/__version__.py",