diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
 This project uses [**Break Versioning**](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning).
 
 ---
+
+# `v1.0.0-alpha1` (2023-11-13)
+
+> 📦 [Available on Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/tempel/versions/1.0.0-alpha1), this project uses [Break Versioning](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning).
+
+This is Tempel's first public pre-release.
+
+⚠️ **Please don't use this in production yet**, this release is intended for early testers and for those that would like to give feedback.
+
+Please report any unexpected problems and let me know if anything is unclear, inconvenient, etc. Now's the ideal time to get changes in. Thank you! 🙏
+
+## Roadmap
+
+Approximate timeline:
+
+- Jan 2024 - first beta release
+- Mar 2024 - first release candidate
+- May 2024 - first stable release
+
+\- [Peter Taoussanis](https://www.taoensso.com)
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 ## Latest release/s
 
-- Snapshot [here](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/tempel) for early feedback
-- First v1.0.0 alpha coming [~Nov 2023](https://www.taoensso.com/clojure/roadmap)
+- `2023-11-13` `1.0.0-alpha1`: [release notes](../../releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha1)
 
 [![Main tests][Main tests SVG]][Main tests URL]
 [![Graal tests][Graal tests SVG]][Graal tests URL]
 
-<!-- TODO See [here][GitHub releases] for earlier releases. -->
+See [here][GitHub releases] for earlier releases.
 
 ## Why Tempel?
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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-(defproject com.taoensso/tempel "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+(defproject com.taoensso/tempel "1.0.0-alpha1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Data security framework for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/taoensso/tempel"