diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e2708b336f03..7c348f992ca8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Oscar"
 uuid = "f1435218-dba5-11e9-1e4d-f1a5fab5fc13"
 authors = ["The OSCAR Team <oscar@mathematik.uni-kl.de>"]
-version = "1.0.0-rc1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractAlgebra = "c3fe647b-3220-5bb0-a1ea-a7954cac585d"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9f057676b74..f0b03addb5ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ julia> using Oscar
  / _ \ / ___| / ___|  / \  |  _ \   |  Combining ANTIC, GAP, Polymake, Singular
 | | | |\___ \| |     / _ \ | |_) |  |  Type "?Oscar" for more information
 | |_| | ___) | |___ / ___ \|  _ <   |  Manual: https://docs.oscar-system.org
- \___/ |____/ \____/_/   \_\_| \_\  |  Version 1.0.0-rc1
+ \___/ |____/ \____/_/   \_\_| \_\  |  Version 1.0.0
 
 julia> k, a = quadratic_field(-5)
 (Imaginary quadratic field defined by x^2 + 5, sqrt(-5))
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pm::Array<topaz::HomologyGroup<pm::Integer> >
 If you have used OSCAR in the preparation of a paper please cite it as described below:
 
     [OSCAR]
-        OSCAR -- Open Source Computer Algebra Research system, Version 1.0.0-rc1, The OSCAR Team, 2024. (https://www.oscar-system.org)
+        OSCAR -- Open Source Computer Algebra Research system, Version 1.0.0, The OSCAR Team, 2024. (https://www.oscar-system.org)
     [OSCAR-book]
         Wolfram Decker, Christian Eder, Claus Fieker, Max Horn, Michael Joswig, The OSCAR book, 2024.
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ If you are using BibTeX, you can use the following BibTeX entries:
       key          = {OSCAR},
       organization = {The OSCAR Team},
       title        = {OSCAR -- Open Source Computer Algebra Research system,
-                      Version 1.0.0-rc1},
+                      Version 1.0.0},
       year         = {2024},
       url          = {https://www.oscar-system.org},
       }
diff --git a/etc/update_version.sh b/etc/update_version.sh
index c0677eaad155..92564940e627 100755
--- a/etc/update_version.sh
+++ b/etc/update_version.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ echo "Setting version to $relvers, released $reldate_iso"
 
 # update version in several files
 perl -pi -e 's;version = "[^"]+";version = "'$relvers'";' Project.toml
-perl -pi -e "s;Version [^ },]+;Version $relvers;" README.md
+perl -pi -e "s;Version [^ },\\n]+;Version $relvers;" README.md
 perl -pi -e 's;Date := "[^"]+",;Date := "'$reldate'",;' gap/OscarInterface/PackageInfo.g
 perl -pi -e 's;Version := "[^"]+",;Version := "'$relvers'",;' gap/OscarInterface/PackageInfo.g
 
diff --git a/gap/OscarInterface/PackageInfo.g b/gap/OscarInterface/PackageInfo.g
index 58af12cb9670..8899f26ec1ff 100644
--- a/gap/OscarInterface/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/gap/OscarInterface/PackageInfo.g
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SetPackageInfo( rec(
 
 PackageName := "OscarInterface",
 Subtitle := "GAP interface to OSCAR",
-Version := "1.0.0-rc1",
-Date := "23/02/2024", # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "1.0.0",
+Date := "01/03/2024", # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 
 Persons := [