diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c36e76888fa7473868d54273528f2c814213723e..43c9d6f6c0dfe038375b0f25bdf2207576f9d71e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-No news yet.
+NLopt 1.0 (11 Nov. 2008)
+
+* Initial public release.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9ec9e71de9fef233d560f5db38379df5ccaddc8e..1a1e7b201ed35d4f2bcdb249b97af7731835d813 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(nlopt, 0.1, stevenj@alum.mit.edu)
+AC_INIT(nlopt, 1.0, stevenj@alum.mit.edu)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(api/nlopt.h)
 SHARED_VERSION_INFO="0:0:0" # CURRENT:REVISION:AGE