diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b985ff6..466df71 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.1"
+  ".": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29..be3e20d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.1.0](https://github.com/kircherlab/MPRAsnakeflow/compare/MPRAsnakeflow-v0.0.1...MPRAsnakeflow-v0.1.0) (2024-09-18)
+
+First release of MPRAsnakeflow! 
+
+### Feature highlights
+
+* Multiple assignment mapping strategies (BBMap, exact, bwa)
+* Optimized assignment for variants with BBMap
+* QC report for assignment and experiment workflow
+* Barcode count output
+* Snakemake 8 support
+* Extended documentation: https://mprasnakeflow.readthedocs.io
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 8acdd82..6e8bf73 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.1
+0.1.0