diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c476280..55f722d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.1-alpha.0"
+  ".": "0.0.1-alpha.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..891124e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.0.1-alpha.1 (2024-07-11)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.0.1-alpha.0...v0.0.1-alpha.1](https://github.com/clear-street/studio-sdk-java/compare/v0.0.1-alpha.0...v0.0.1-alpha.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* configure new SDK language ([14da204](https://github.com/clear-street/studio-sdk-java/commit/14da204ae5ab74c4fdef0f5c05152ff2b5d22a8e))
+* go live ([#1](https://github.com/clear-street/studio-sdk-java/issues/1)) ([ed9cf91](https://github.com/clear-street/studio-sdk-java/commit/ed9cf9189ee9eb83af9ac9d5cf3d20349a00a911))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efd1590..698b2fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.clearstreet.studio/studio-sdk-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.clearstreet.studio/studio-sdk-java/0.0.1-alpha.0)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.clearstreet.studio/studio-sdk-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.clearstreet.studio/studio-sdk-java/0.0.1-alpha.1)
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found [on docs.clearstreet.io](https://docs.c
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("io.clearstreet.studio:studio-sdk-java:0.0.1-alpha.0")
+implementation("io.clearstreet.studio:studio-sdk-java:0.0.1-alpha.1")
 ```
 
 #### Maven
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ implementation("io.clearstreet.studio:studio-sdk-java:0.0.1-alpha.0")
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.clearstreet.studio</groupId>
     <artifactId>studio-sdk-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-alpha.0</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-alpha.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 99ed57a..566704d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "io.clearstreet.studio"
-    version = "0.0.1-alpha.0" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "0.0.1-alpha.1" // x-release-please-version
 }
 
 nexusPublishing {