diff --git a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
index 7ada0d303f3e7e49c3f18bfa9dcfa73a1895b28b..3eefcb9dd5b38e2c1dc061052455dd97bcd51e6c 100644
--- a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.5
+1.0.0
diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index 7e947e4b2bad733095ca38abc576cd2430278885..b5e2640b3806cd616e88d0fd95a0720aacf8349c 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ If you are not using Linux you may have to run `gmake` instead of
     cd /home/git
     sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse.git
     cd gitlab-workhorse
-    sudo -u git -H git checkout v0.8.5
+    sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.0.0
     sudo -u git -H make
 
 ### Initialize Database and Activate Advanced Features
diff --git a/doc/update/8.13-to-8.14.md b/doc/update/8.13-to-8.14.md
index 787511fd6cfbe8082c35cb97cb00e516300fc6b4..46ea19d11d0c422c92163c9647b3dc06a32ec9ef 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.13-to-8.14.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.13-to-8.14.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ GitLab 8.1.
 ```bash
 cd /home/git/gitlab-workhorse
 sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
-sudo -u git -H git checkout v0.8.5
+sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.0.0
 sudo -u git -H make
 ```