diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43dada90..409628af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ See https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki
 
 # Installing
 ## Binaries
-* Latest stable release [v0.16.3](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/latest)
+* Latest stable release [v1.0.0-rc1](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/latest)
 * Development releases (follows master) can be downloaded [here](https://dl.bintray.com/42wim/nightly/)  
 
 ## Building
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 953fd7f0..14c10a7a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# v1.0.0-rc1
+## New features
+* general: Add action support for slack,mattermost,irc,gitter,matrix,xmpp,discord. #199
+
+## Bugfix
+* general: Handle same account in multiple gateways better
+* mattermost: ignore edited messages with reactions
+* mattermost: Fix double posting of edited messages by using lru cache
+* irc: update vendor
+
 # v0.16.3
 ## Bugfix
 * general: Fix in/out logic. Closes #224 
diff --git a/matterbridge.go b/matterbridge.go
index 735b7427..a1965afb 100644
--- a/matterbridge.go
+++ b/matterbridge.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	version = "1.0.0-dev"
+	version = "1.0.0-rc1"
 	githash string
 )