diff --git a/.repo-metadata.json b/.repo-metadata.json
index 38d3349b..a3e9496d 100644
--- a/.repo-metadata.json
+++ b/.repo-metadata.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "product_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs",
   "api_description": "Pub/Sub Lite is a zonal, real-time messaging service that lets you send and receive messages between independent applications. You can manually configure the throughput and storage capacity for Pub/Sub Lite systems.",
   "client_documentation": "https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/pubsublite-kafka/latest/history",
-  "release_level": "preview",
+  "release_level": "stable",
   "transport": "grpc",
   "requires_billing": true,
   "language": "java",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b595d9db..6ea71b2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ Java idiomatic client for [Pub/Sub Lite Kafka Shim][product-docs].
 - [Product Documentation][product-docs]
 - [Client Library Documentation][javadocs]
 
-> Note: This client is a work-in-progress, and may occasionally
-> make backwards-incompatible changes.
-
 
 ## Quickstart
 
@@ -225,9 +222,6 @@ and on [google-cloud-java][g-c-j].
 This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
-It is currently in major version zero (``0.y.z``), which means that anything may change at any time
-and the public API should not be considered stable.
-
 
 ## Contributing
 
@@ -268,7 +262,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-4]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-pubsublite-kafka/java8-win.html
 [kokoro-badge-image-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-pubsublite-kafka/java11.svg
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-pubsublite-kafka/java11.html
-[stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-preview-yellow
+[stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/pubsublite-kafka.svg
 [maven-version-link]: https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:com.google.cloud%20AND%20a:pubsublite-kafka&core=gav
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication