diff --git a/docs/source/release_notes.rst b/docs/source/release_notes.rst
index 76d2522b20..13f7731d83 100644
--- a/docs/source/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release_notes.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 Release Notes
 -------------
 
-Future Release
-==============
+.. Future Release
+  ==============
+    * Enhancements
+    * Fixes
+    * Changes
+    * Documentation Changes
+    * Testing Changes
+
+.. Thanks to the following people for contributing to this release:
+
+v1.0.0rc1 Sep 17, 2021
+======================
     * Enhancements
         * Add support for creating EntitySets from Woodwork DataTables (:pr:`1277`)
         * Add ``EntitySet.__deepcopy__`` that retains Woodwork typing information (:pr:`1465`)
diff --git a/docs/source/templates/layout.html b/docs/source/templates/layout.html
index d906789df2..27759b5ee2 100644
--- a/docs/source/templates/layout.html
+++ b/docs/source/templates/layout.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     to release by installing from GitHub:
   </p>
   <p>
-    <code>pip install https://github.com/alteryx/featuretools/archive/woodwork-integration.zip</code>
+    <code>pip install featuretools==1.0.0rc1</code>
   </p>
   <p>
     For details on migrating to the new version, refer to 
diff --git a/featuretools/tests/test_version.py b/featuretools/tests/test_version.py
index bc375cc232..bc95ef352f 100644
--- a/featuretools/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/featuretools/tests/test_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 
 def test_version():
-    assert __version__ == "1.0.0.dev0"
+    assert __version__ == "1.0.0rc1"
diff --git a/featuretools/version.py b/featuretools/version.py
index 899e700f9b..195ef069da 100644
--- a/featuretools/version.py
+++ b/featuretools/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.0.0rc1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c45c9afbd9..d6ec51d1d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='featuretools',
-    version='1.0.0.dev0',
+    version='1.0.0rc1',
     packages=find_packages(),
     description='a framework for automated feature engineering',
     url='http://featuretools.com',