diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..37fcefa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index efbc7ad..2f90a77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,30 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## 1.0.0 (2026-03-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add central variables.example.yml and gitignore variables.yml (issue [#15](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/15)) ([def61f6](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/def61f63ec3ca44f6600474386227f88845fe856))
+* add unique project ID field automation (LOAD-N prefix) ([c463d71](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/c463d71ad2675ea540102f698fe241b2808e1002))
+* **config:** add missing tool variables to variables.example.yml ([93cddcb](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/93cddcb9054094b08ce66c10a5931941e872b244))
+* GitHub Project & Repo Standardization (Plan 1) ([9aa924e](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/9aa924e978e1a8494bd579e88b1791e902600986))
+* GitHub Project & Repo Standardization (Plan 1) ([5df58c9](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/5df58c9755389365221f4aa8fde89557ce6641be))
+* implement fio, hammerdb, iperf, stress-ng tools ([58ee58c](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/58ee58cff67a5958d113c126f2a9e14d93b4fb16))
+* VMFleet load testing implementation ([2fbcbb6](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/2fbcbb6d90a539c03934166e1790769a424d3d31))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add fetch-depth: 0 to checkout step for drawio-export-action ([442dc58](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/442dc58337ff883af1df0e1449a12b5d9d162ce1))
+* add README.md and remove legacy AsciiDoc files ([#21](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/21)) ([11df59d](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/11df59dc9a9602a17011798fe33f36a62c9c9f6d))
+* make set-fields resilient to add-to-project failures ([a8ff714](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/a8ff714e42de898ba9719cab5be5ce348e27099c))
+* pin actions/add-to-project to v1.0.2 ([51d5c02](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/51d5c02b739f73a2062dee818f769f02e5db36e9))
+* remove old AsciiDoc build-docs.yml workflow ([102e643](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/102e6431df8decbada20e761668b0526fb0d4914))
+* update Solution field option IDs after Toolkit option added to Project [#3](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/issues/3) ([2c9323e](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/2c9323ea5ac965f35d3b9aba8dc3be7279352cee))
+* use action output for item ID, fix stale solution field option IDs ([0248421](https://github.com/AzureLocal/azurelocal-loadtools/commit/024842132a9cb7313993b67ab34d4b73e865b1da))
+
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Features