diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 037c9e3..37fcefa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.3.4"
+  ".": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f283929..06dcc64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.0](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/compare/v1.3.4...v1.0.0) (2026-06-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add install/uninstall scripts + E2E workflow ([#4](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/4)) ([03c49ee](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/03c49ee20764456a15113b3ad09f3ba8aa14050d))
+* add welcome screen for bare `rb` and `rb --help` ([#15](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/15)) ([a4e3550](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/a4e355017a98251f7f057f024b4001342fa16fcd))
+* initial source drop for standalone CLI repo ([9039fa7](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/9039fa7d3d7bfdb1e026323192fa5e66d7eca78d))
+* show served multi-file output and ffmpeg errorDetail ([#35](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/35)) ([59587fe](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/59587fe5b4005c5c126262c20c242d62433c97af))
+* submit ffmpeg job type instead of raw.ffmpeg ([#32](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/32)) ([e65042b](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/e65042be972ec9befb5639c69bca263488109085))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adopt @rendobar/sdk v3 upload API ([#46](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/46)) ([2c4fa91](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/2c4fa9167ea802ce2fb131b28f33f977f0ce029b))
+* bulletproof watchdog issue bodies and add Claude Code memory ([#3](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/3)) ([2249ded](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/2249ded143c0a6a4082f3495c66aba455fb283af))
+* **deps:** bump dependency @rendobar/sdk to v2 ([#30](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/30)) ([67f1234](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/67f12349b24aa72bf379ef78c5104225e6a7c312))
+* **deps:** bump dependency citty to ^0.2.0 ([#24](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/24)) ([4f3ecbe](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/4f3ecbe87929b4b40bb5d971c70ca2ee1a8cbbbf))
+* locate running binary via execPath instead of argv[0] ([#16](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/16)) ([c233e1f](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/c233e1f1a7d354e152be62f8a6046d4d0b6904b5))
+* prune leftover update artifacts from the bin dir before updating ([#41](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/41)) ([f05252c](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/f05252cd03eb6818b04a5ba2de5b89e5c921cf6e))
+* repair rb update on Windows and wire the background update check ([#37](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/37)) ([69f2a73](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/69f2a7316c7cc434662b5014129611ac71141e37))
+* shell-escape ffmpeg argv before joining for API submission ([#14](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/14)) ([761396f](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/761396f88120211daeed258301f4dedd97b9731d))
+* use RUNNER_TEMP in install-scripts Windows live-mode path ([#10](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/10)) ([9917b3c](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/9917b3c2a3e5b98ee2a0f3168fba55c99b10e062))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* reset release state for clean v1.0.0 under new rules ([#8](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/issues/8)) ([258f949](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/commit/258f9495a7e89def2feb070ff75c00bbe7952a21))
+
 ## [1.3.4](https://github.com/rendobar/cli/compare/v1.3.3...v1.3.4) (2026-06-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48eacf5..f73a581 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rendobar-cli",
-  "version": "1.3.4",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Rendobar CLI — serverless video processing from your terminal.",
   "license": "MIT",