diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index bd1104ce6..1906822cf 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.0b2
+current_version = 1.0.0rc1
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
 	\.(?P<minor>\d+)
 	\.(?P<patch>\d+)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 530ef5a65..8893752ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ## dbt-bigquery 1.0.0 (Release TBD)
 
-### Features
-N/A
+## dbt-bigquery 1.0.0rc1 (November 10, 2021)
 
 ### Fixes
 - Fix problem with bytes processed return None value when the service account used to connect DBT in bigquery had a row policy access.
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
index 50ece64e0..2c69af52f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = '1.0.0b2'
+version = '1.0.0rc1'