diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97dd50e..c5d0070 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# WIP 1.0.0
+# 1.0.0
 
  - added `LeastMessageRouter`
  - config now supports loading optional file `./config/tyra.toml` to overwrite config parameters
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f440011..91a169e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tyra"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 authors = ["sers.dev <admin@sers.dev>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58958a6..040bfbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
 # Tyra (TYped Rust Actor)
 
-`Tyra` is a cross-platform Typed Actor System Written in Rust.
-
-## Current State
-
-`0.8.0` is intended to be the last minor release before `1.0.0` where it's officially declared ready for production
- - since `0.7.0` it's been used for a variety of internal non-public tools
- - documentation + examples + tests should be in a good state
- - API is finalized
- - performance is acceptable
-
-So why's it not yet `1.0.0`?
- - more time to intensively test
-   - fixing more bugs found from testing
- - finalizing dependencies
-
-The current development status can be tracked in the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
+`Tyra` is a production ready, cross-platform Typed Actor System Written in Rust.
 
 ## Configuration