diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..466df71 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 825c32f..2266f95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 (2026-09-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* make the template CodeMode-native ([#11](https://github.com/meigma/template-mcp-codemode/issues/11)) ([70663aa](https://github.com/meigma/template-mcp-codemode/commit/70663aac8149b706a5fd4a7aa8a85c3710a6deff))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** align release bootstrap with the current GitHub App ([#12](https://github.com/meigma/template-mcp-codemode/issues/12)) ([d25ff7e](https://github.com/meigma/template-mcp-codemode/commit/d25ff7e54b9183967f066f19d917338c5988d375))
+
+## Changelog
diff --git a/apko.yaml b/apko.yaml
index 6a1e110..c81481e 100644
--- a/apko.yaml
+++ b/apko.yaml
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ annotations:
   org.opencontainers.image.title: template-mcp-codemode
   org.opencontainers.image.description: Meigma CodeMode MCP server template
   org.opencontainers.image.source: https://github.com/meigma/template-mcp-codemode
-  org.opencontainers.image.version: "0.0.0" # x-release-please-version
+  org.opencontainers.image.version: "0.1.0" # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/melange.yaml b/melange.yaml
index 2d0219a..37f97aa 100644
--- a/melange.yaml
+++ b/melange.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # workflow and the `image-local` mise task), so no date math runs inside the sandbox.
 package:
   name: template-mcp-codemode
-  version: "0.0.0" # x-release-please-version
+  version: "0.1.0" # x-release-please-version
   epoch: 0
   description: Meigma CodeMode MCP server template