diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3336850..86a9817 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Unofficial SDK wrapper for the pesapal v3 payments API.
 
 ## Requirements
-- python v3.11+
+- python version >= 3.8
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/pesapal_v3/__version__.py b/pesapal_v3/__version__.py
index 822c22f..40c8ce0 100644
--- a/pesapal_v3/__version__.py
+++ b/pesapal_v3/__version__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """The current version of the SDK."""
 __title__ = "pesapal_v3"
 __description__ = "A python wrapper of the Pesapal V3 payments API."
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b728d5..189d640 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "pesapal_v3"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 description = "A python wrapper of the Pesapal V3 payments API."
 authors = [{ name = "Musale Martin", email = "martinmshale@gmail.com" }]
 readme = "README.md"