diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6f161e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
+
+## 1.0.0-alpha
+
+* Adopt OpenTelemetry 1.0.0(-alpha) dependencies (#32)
+  * Update JMX Metric Gatherer to use 1.0.0(-alpha) proto, API, SDK, and exporters.
+  * Update JMX Metric Gatherer to use Autoconfigure SDK extension properties*
+* JMX Metric Gatherer - Handle missing MBean attributes without failing (#39)
+  * Thanks to @dehaansa.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4d736617..9d731f5f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = 'OpenTelemetry Contrib libraries and utilities for the JVM'
 
 allprojects {
     group = 'io.opentelemetry.contrib'
-    version = '1.0.0-alpha-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '1.0.0-alpha'
 
     apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/spotless.gradle"
     apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/dependencies.gradle"