diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b34688a2..83356b62 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ethers"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "ethers-addressbook",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6750bb3e..3702ec50 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ethers"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.62"
 authors = ["Georgios Konstantopoulos <me@gakonst.com>"]
diff --git a/examples/ethers-wasm/Cargo.toml b/examples/ethers-wasm/Cargo.toml
index ae697516..a74568d8 100644
--- a/examples/ethers-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/ethers-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 default = ["console_error_panic_hook"]
 
 [dependencies]
-ethers = { path = "../..", version = "0.17.0", features = ["abigen", "legacy", "ws"] }
+ethers = { path = "../..", version = "1.0.0", features = ["abigen", "legacy", "ws"] }
 
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.33"
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.83", features = ["serde-serialize"] }