diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 49bac5e..5074eec 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.14.1",
+    ".": "1.0.0",
     "gitops_server": "0.15.1",
     "charts/gitops": "0.13.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2aaf310..fdeef1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.0](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/compare/cli-v0.14.1...cli-v1.0.0) (2025-01-16)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* exit early if the gitops version is below the cluster minimum version
+
+### Features
+
+* exit early if the gitops version is below the cluster minimum version ([790ef4e](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/commit/790ef4e75b92b5a68fdddc0b0d215a224ac6b5c0))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* clarify installation instructions ([5171917](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/commit/517191793c3a73eff9a02cb6bdd9ffe1bbaf2ee8))
+
 ## [0.14.1](https://github.com/uptick/gitops/compare/cli-v0.14.0...cli-v0.14.1) (2024-12-06)
 
 
diff --git a/gitops/__init__.py b/gitops/__init__.py
index 73fcec7..b196226 100644
--- a/gitops/__init__.py
+++ b/gitops/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from .utils.cli import success, warning
 
-__version__ = "0.14.1"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
 
 
 # Checking gitops version matches cluster repo version.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 273ecbd..91830d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 [project]
 name = "gitops"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Manage multiple apps across one or more k8s clusters."
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 readme = "README.md"