diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 6fb6398..0449b8f 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+1.0.0 / 2014-11-03
+==================
+
+ * bumping to v1.0.0 for better-defined semver semantics
+
 0.0.7 / 2014-11-03
 ==================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0dadb6f..068e9c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "c++",
     "ffi"
   ],
-  "version": "0.0.7",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "author": "Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net> (http://tootallnate.net)",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",