diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06ef953..e4dab2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, following t
 ## v0.2.2 - 2016-08-10
 ### Changed
 - convert_ints_to_floats for old versions of numpy
+
+## v1.0.0 - 2016-08-15
+### Changed
+- updated URL to new v1.0 data stores
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55186ec..9af1f42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/rcsb/mmtf-python.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/rcsb/mmtf-python)
 [![Code Health](https://landscape.io/github/rcsb/mmtf-python/master/landscape.svg?style=flat)](https://landscape.io/github/rcsb/mmtf-python/master)
-[![Version](http://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.2.2-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python/) [![License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache 2.0-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
+[![Version](http://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.0.0-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python/) [![License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache 2.0-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 
 
 The **m**acro**m**olecular **t**ransmission **f**ormat (MMTF) is a binary encoding of biological structures.
diff --git a/mmtf/utils/constants.py b/mmtf/utils/constants.py
index b833e42..55f477f 100644
--- a/mmtf/utils/constants.py
+++ b/mmtf/utils/constants.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 NULL_BYTE = '\x00'
 CHAIN_LEN = 4
 NUM_DICT = {1:'b',2:'>h',4:'>i'}
-BASE_URL = "http://mmtf.rcsb.org/v0.2/full/"
\ No newline at end of file
+BASE_URL = "http://mmtf.rcsb.org/v1.0/full/"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c76243d..06a54c9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     # Versions should comply with PEP440.  For a discussion on single-sourcing
     # the version across setup.py and the project code, see
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
-    version='0.2.2',
+    version='1.0.0',
 
     description='A decoding libary for the PDB mmtf format',
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         #   3 - Alpha
         #   4 - Beta
         #   5 - Production/Stable
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
 
         # Indicate who your project is intended for
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',