diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d9add4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# 1.0.0-alpha.1 (2020-12-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* initial post type and block setup ([#1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/issues/1)) ([47dc0c1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/commit/47dc0c11cb8041117d5229e49ac14f49cee1b1ff))
+* listing taxonomies and query mode ([#6](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/issues/6)) ([528e1e5](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/commit/528e1e5a25000c7746b62b88566803424879da14))
+* new Curated List block, block pattern, and map functionality ([#3](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/issues/3)) ([9be6e7e](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/commit/9be6e7ebae9028407d67071e13857ab7827deff9))
diff --git a/newspack-listings.php b/newspack-listings.php
index af2b187c..bea7691b 100644
--- a/newspack-listings.php
+++ b/newspack-listings.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Author URI:      https://newspack.pub
  * Text Domain:     newspack-listings
  * Domain Path:     /languages
- * Version:         0.0.0
+ * Version:         1.0.0-alpha.1
  *
  * @package         Newspack_Listings
  */
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 55908afe..66a027f8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "newspack-listings",
-	"version": "0.0.0",
+	"version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5668e20..cf6f817b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "newspack-listings",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "",
   "scripts": {
     "cm": "git-cz",