diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e69de29..559ad66 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2007-11-15: v0.0.1 release
+ * Initial release
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 55f342a..177c788 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([libfprint], [0.0])
+AC_INIT([libfprint], [0.0.1])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libfprint/core.c])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])