diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index e59c753febb..07026758654 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ module Discourse
   # work around reloader
   unless defined? ::Discourse::VERSION
     module VERSION #:nodoc:
-      MAJOR = 0
-      MINOR = 9
-      TINY  = 9
-      PRE   = 18
+      MAJOR = 1
+      MINOR = 0
+      TINY  = 0
+      PRE   = nil
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
     end