diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1ca6c70ead653b88aea055bcc96b28927220c974..bd9185597cfc7166e7385839155ebe6ed8264cf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.0.0RC1
+Bugs:
+- fix tablet layouts in portrait
+- fix bug that leads to inability to turn off vpn on Android 8+
+
+features:
+- full support of Android 8+ kill switch ("Block connections without VPN")
+- improve visibility of connecting state by changing the progress animation
+- update ics-openvpn, openssl and openvpn
+- a lot of small UI improvements
+
 0.9.11 - another consolidation release
 Bugs:
 - fixes app crashes
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 022a9c3400f34551cbf4a5c00eb54fa6cc682edf..e2a8d92600fda98fb3d6708ac5e394d78e663987 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ android {
 
   defaultConfig {
     applicationId "se.leap.bitmaskclient"
-    versionCode 138
-    versionName "0.9.11"
+    versionCode 139
+    versionName "1.0.0RC1"
     minSdkVersion 16
     targetSdkVersion 27
     resValue "string", "app_name", appName