diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.0] - 2020-06-18
+### Added
+- **Metrics**: `add_metadata` method to add any metric metadata you'd like to ease finding metric related data via CloudWatch Logs
+- Set status as General Availability
+
 ## [0.11.0] - 2020-06-08
 ### Added
 - Imports can now be made from top level of module, e.g.: `from aws_lambda_powertools import Logger, Metrics, Tracer`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f334dde0324..18de8e00e0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 
 A suite of utilities for AWS Lambda Functions that makes tracing with AWS X-Ray, structured logging and creating custom metrics asynchronously easier.
 
-* **Status**: Release candidate
-* **How long until GA?**: [Current progress](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools/projects/1)
-* **Docs**: [Main docs](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/) | [API Docs](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/api/)
+**[📜Documentation](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/)** | **[API Docs](https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/api/)** | **[🐍PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/aws-lambda-powertools/)** | **[Feature request](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/new?assignees=&labels=feature-request%2C+triage&template=feature_request.md&title=)** | **[🐛Bug Report](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug%2C+triage&template=bug_report.md&title=)** | **[Kitchen sink example](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/tree/develop/example)**
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aws_lambda_powertools"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Python utilities for AWS Lambda functions including but not limited to tracing, logging and custom metric"
 authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
 classifiers=[