diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 758b3239..008d0670 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/core": "0.0.0",
+  "packages/core": "1.0.0",
   "packages/react": "1.0.0",
   "packages/keyring-core": "6.0.0",
   "packages/uploader-core": "7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4485ec25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2023-11-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* simplify ([#591](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3ui/issues/591)) ([d1dfdf0](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3ui/commit/d1dfdf0bc015e8204db216278990d9c260fc7132))
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index b797ef83..431bc601 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@w3ui/core",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "w3ui core.",
   "module": "build/esm/index.js",
   "main": "build/cjs/index.js",