diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e42868b1..fcac567a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.1] - May 10th, 2021
+
+### Changed
+
+- a word to sweep my rude commit message to Nexus under the rug
+
 ## [1.0.0] - May 9th, 2021
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f06191cb0..a7e9ea7a3 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ allprojects {
   group = "io.bkbn"
   version = run {
     val baseVersion =
-      project.findProperty("project.version") ?: error("project.version must be set in gradle.properties")
+      project.findProperty("project.version") ?: error("project.version needs to be set in gradle.properties")
     when ((project.findProperty("release") as? String)?.toBoolean()) {
       true -> baseVersion
       else -> "$baseVersion-SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 42dde02f4..71832147a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Kompendium
-project.version=1.0.0
+project.version=1.0.1
 # Kotlin
 kotlin.code.style=official
 # Gradle