diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..466df71 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad076e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 (2026-03-27)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* initial SDK with full API coverage ([60fe23a](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-java-sdk/commit/60fe23ae4b23bb937cb2de878280a3c310bc8098))
+
+### Features
+
+* configure release-please and Maven Central publishing ([f0320c1](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-java-sdk/commit/f0320c1cbe9c79fbd52220db1c3850c3ac03eb44))
+* enable bump-minor-pre-major for 0.x versioning ([d54dcdd](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-java-sdk/commit/d54dcdd18c9395eb4a40007c0b5db885424764a4))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **changelog:** Removing changelog ([#15](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-java-sdk/issues/15)) ([8caef5a](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-java-sdk/commit/8caef5ad71d0976246246a14ae693cd62038e27c))