diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 931fe6b..75bc8cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-Pre-release development. Nothing published yet.
+## [0.1.0] - 2026-09-03
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index e2694f0..b1ed282 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     },
     "packages/core": {
       "name": "searchgres",
-      "version": "0.0.0",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.1",
         "ai": "^7.0.79",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 548cb7a..8aae0bc 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "searchgres",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Postgres-native hybrid search: semantic + BM25 retrieval with composable hierarchy, metadata, temporal, and regex filtering.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/version.ts b/packages/core/src/version.ts
index cf07efa..a15c8d5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/version.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
  * This is package metadata only. Immutable index schemas use their own format
  * marker and never derive compatibility from the library package version.
  */
-export const LIBRARY_VERSION = "0.0.0";
+export const LIBRARY_VERSION = "0.1.0";