diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 82ae650..7aa0495 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -73,14 +73,17 @@ jobs:
         id: generate_release_notes
         run: |
           NEW_TAG="v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}"
-          LAST_TAG=${{ steps.get_last_tag.outputs.LAST_TAG }}
-          RELEASE_NOTES=$(git log $LAST_TAG...$NEW_TAG --pretty=format:"- %s" --reverse)
-          echo "RELEASE_NOTES=$RELEASE_NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 $NEW_TAG^)
+          # Ensure release notes do not cause format errors
+          RELEASE_NOTES=$(git log $LAST_TAG...$NEW_TAG --pretty=format:"- %s" --reverse | sed 's/%/%25/g; s/\r/%0D/g; s/\n/%0A/g')
+          echo "RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo -e "$RELEASE_NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
           name: "neuralnetlib ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}"
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
           body: ${{ steps.generate_release_notes.outputs.RELEASE_NOTES }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index da0fa95..fd244ff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='neuralnetlib',
-    version='0.4.1',
+    version='1.0.0',
     author='Marc Pinet',
     description='A simple neural network library with only numpy as dependency',
     long_description=open('README.md', encoding="utf-8").read(),