diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4211ed45..00ae0011 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ Numbers following a pound sign (#) refer to `GitHub issues`_.
 
 .. _GitHub issues: https://github.com/jfinkels/flask-restless/issues
 
-Version 1.0.0b1-dev
--------------------
+Version 1.0.0b1
+---------------
 
 *This is a beta release; these changes will appear in the 1.0.0 release.*
 
-Not yet released.
+Released on April 2, 2016.
 
 - #255: adds support for filtering by PostgreSQL network operators.
 - #257: ensures additional attributes specified by the user actually exist on
diff --git a/flask_restless/__init__.py b/flask_restless/__init__.py
index 83301581..f4b4891a 100644
--- a/flask_restless/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_restless/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #:
 #: This should be the same as the version specified in the :file:`setup.py`
 #: file.
-__version__ = '1.0.0b1-dev'
+__version__ = '1.0.0b1'
 
 # The following names are available as part of the public API for
 # Flask-Restless. End users of this package can import these names by doing