diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ ".": "0.0.0" }
+{".":"1.0.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2026-09-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add deploy action using the Vertra CLI ([4217be3](https://github.com/vertracloud/github-action/commit/4217be31a62cb7391e50cf4fbb2b3c31a12a66b7))