diff --git a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 2c15210e06c3ef8e20cba28dab4d18a668ad9fbc..d1b0a3f2d12cbcb2e84b9e9a88d7a62b97abcb08 100644
--- a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Release 1.0 (15/1/2017)
+=============================
+
+- Introduced concept of experiment station and redesigned authorization 
+  mechanisms to allow beamline managers to manage their stations; all
+  APIs and CLIs now conform to the new authorization scheme
+- Modified get-experiments utility to allow retrieving list of experiments
+  for a given station
+
 Release 0.15 (11/1/2016)
 =============================
 
diff --git a/etc/dm.deploy.conf b/etc/dm.deploy.conf
index 4d955a80fa0c1ffe5dfd15a590ef449f5ec080c8..37c4f7de9bc4514cb71bf606e29009aa907381c0 100644
--- a/etc/dm.deploy.conf
+++ b/etc/dm.deploy.conf
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ DM_DAQ_WEB_SERVICE_HOST=DM_HOSTNAME
 DM_DAQ_WEB_SERVICE_PORT=33336
 DM_CAT_WEB_SERVICE_HOST=DM_HOSTNAME
 DM_CAT_WEB_SERVICE_PORT=44436
-DM_SOFTWARE_VERSION="0.16 (DM_DATE)"
+DM_SOFTWARE_VERSION="1.0 (DM_DATE)"