diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd62c984749..355324de12e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ authors = ["The Trussed developers", "Nicolas Stalder <n@stalder.io>", "Nitrokey
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://trussed.dev"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/trussed-dev/trussed"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 heapless-bytes = "0.3"
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 [package]
 name = "trussed"
 version = "0.1.0"
-repository = "https://github.com/trussed-dev/trussed"
 description = "Modern Cryptographic Firmware"
 readme = "README.md"
 
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-trussed-core = { version = "0.1", path = "core" }
+trussed-core = { version = "0.1.0-rc.1" }
 
 # general
 bitflags = { version = "2.1" }
@@ -211,3 +212,6 @@ required-features = ["crypto-client", "default-mechanisms", "virt"]
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["serde-extensions", "virt"]
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+trussed-core.path = "core"
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..624525aeb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
+
+-
+
+## [v0.1.0-rc.1](https://github.com/trussed-dev/trussed/releases/tag/core-v0.1.0-rc.1) (2024-12-20)
+
+Initial release extracting the core types from `trussed`: the client traits,
+the API definition and the types used in the API.
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index cc169c8bfa8..c94b7969745 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "trussed-core"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.0-rc.1"
+description = "Core types for the trussed crate"
 
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 heapless-bytes.workspace = true
@@ -51,3 +53,6 @@ tdes = []
 totp = []
 trng = []
 x255 = []
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
diff --git a/core/README.md b/core/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9543a88ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# trussed-core
+
+Core types for the [`trussed`][] crate.
+
+This crate contains the Trussed client traits and other types that are needed by applications.
+See the [`trussed`][] crate for more information.
+
+[`trussed`]: https://github.com/trussed-dev/trussed
+
+#### License
+
+<sup>`trussed` is licensed under either of [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE-APACHE) or [MIT License](LICENSE-MIT) at your option.</sup>
+<br>
+<sub>Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.</sub>
diff --git a/core/src/lib.rs b/core/src/lib.rs
index 55664fb5dd4..13ad7318cc5 100644
--- a/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), no_std)]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
 
 //! Core types for the [`trussed`][] crate.
 //!