diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04b48af..71ed22a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Super simple PDF invoicing in pure Ruby (based on Prawn library).
 InvoicePrinter does not impose any validations nor calculations on you. It is
 designed only to provide an interface to build the PDF version of these documents.
 
-**This project is still in development. 0.0.x versions are all development versions.**
+** New: First release candidate for stable 1.0.0 is here!**
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://github.com/strzibny/invoice_printer/raw/master/examples/promo.pdf">
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ And then execute:
 
 Or install it yourself as:
 
-    $ gem install invoice_printer
+    $ gem install invoice_printer --pre
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/lib/invoice_printer/version.rb b/lib/invoice_printer/version.rb
index f07b4a5..67ad8f7 100644
--- a/lib/invoice_printer/version.rb
+++ b/lib/invoice_printer/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module InvoicePrinter
-  VERSION = '0.0.9'
+  VERSION = '1.0.0.rc1'
 end