diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index ce79946672..702e8ab9fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -4,22 +4,8 @@ name: Rust
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  fmt:
-    name: Rustfmt
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Install stable toolchain
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1.0.6
-        with:
-          toolchain: stable
-          override: true
-          components: rustfmt
-
-      - name: Run cargo fmt
-        run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+  # TODO clippy
+
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_version.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffdffb4252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: tag and version
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  update-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Commit files
+      id: commit
+      run: |
+        git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+        if git diff --exit-code $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD)..HEAD -- VERSION;
+          then exit 0;
+        fi
+        make update-version
+        git add .
+        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+        VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+        git commit -m "v${VERSION}"
+        git tag "v${VERSION}"
+        echo ::set-output name=PUSH::true
+    - name: Push changes
+      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        tags: true
+      if: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.PUSH }}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 643b8c90a0..d7ab62176f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -552,6 +552,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.5.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-husky"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cast"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -1371,6 +1376,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-session 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "actix-web 2.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "base64 0.12.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cargo-husky 1.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "concread 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "cookie 0.13.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3132,6 +3138,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum byteorder 1.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "08c48aae112d48ed9f069b33538ea9e3e90aa263cfa3d1c24309612b1f7472de"
 "checksum bytes 0.5.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "130aac562c0dd69c56b3b1cc8ffd2e17be31d0b6c25b61c96b76231aa23e39e1"
 "checksum bytestring 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fc7c05fa5172da78a62d9949d662d2ac89d4cc7355d7b49adee5163f1fb3f363"
+"checksum cargo-husky 1.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7b02b629252fe8ef6460461409564e2c21d0c8e77e0944f3d189ff06c4e932ad"
 "checksum cast 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4b9434b9a5aa1450faa3f9cb14ea0e8c53bb5d2b3c1bfd1ab4fc03e9f33fbfb0"
 "checksum cc 1.0.52 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c3d87b23d6a92cd03af510a5ade527033f6aa6fa92161e2d5863a907d4c5e31d"
 "checksum cfg-if 0.1.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4785bdd1c96b2a846b2bd7cc02e86b6b3dbf14e7e53446c4f54c92a361040822"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10a0f0369d..458fbe07fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ install-tools:
 prep:
 	cargo outdated -R
 	cargo audit
+
+update-version: ## update version form VERSION file in all Cargo.toml manifests
+update-version: */Cargo.toml
+	@VERSION=`cat VERSION`; sed -i "0,/^version\ \= .*$$/{s//version = \"$$VERSION\"/}" */Cargo.toml
+	@echo updated to version "`cat VERSION`" cargo files
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..950f8ca20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.0-rc10
diff --git a/kanidm_client/Cargo.toml b/kanidm_client/Cargo.toml
index 4c56d68312..03bc622f27 100644
--- a/kanidm_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kanidm_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/kanidm/kanidm/"
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.7"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10", features=["blocking", "cookies", "json", "native-tls"] }
-kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto", version = "0.1" }
+kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto" }
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = "0.2"
 actix = "0.9"
-kanidm = { path = "../kanidmd", version = "0.1" }
+kanidm = { path = "../kanidmd" }
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/kanidm_tools/Cargo.toml b/kanidm_tools/Cargo.toml
index 345c706cd5..54822a752b 100644
--- a/kanidm_tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kanidm_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ name = "kanidm_badlist_preprocess"
 path = "src/badlist_preprocess.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-kanidm_client = { path = "../kanidm_client", version = "0.1" }
-kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto", version = "0.1" }
+kanidm_client = { path = "../kanidm_client" }
+kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto" }
 rpassword = "4.0"
 structopt = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/kanidm_unix_int/Cargo.toml b/kanidm_unix_int/Cargo.toml
index 8d7ce9e898..7d1d6603a6 100644
--- a/kanidm_unix_int/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kanidm_unix_int/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ name = "kanidm_test_auth"
 path =  "src/test_auth.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-kanidm_client = { path = "../kanidm_client", version = "0.1" }
-kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto", version = "0.1" }
+kanidm_client = { path = "../kanidm_client" }
+kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto" }
 kanidm = { path = "../kanidmd" }
 toml = "0.5"
 rpassword = "4.0"
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.10" }
 default = [ "libsqlite3-sys/bundled" ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-kanidm = { path = "../kanidmd", version = "0.1" }
+kanidm = { path = "../kanidmd" }
 actix = "0.9"
diff --git a/kanidmd/Cargo.toml b/kanidmd/Cargo.toml
index e0a41b0285..53e04e5f16 100644
--- a/kanidmd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kanidmd/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ path = "src/server/main.rs"
 
 
 [dependencies]
-kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto", version = "0.1" }
+kanidm_proto = { path = "../kanidm_proto" }
 
 actix = "0.9"
 actix-web = { version = "2.0", features = ["openssl"] }
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@ default = [ "libsqlite3-sys/bundled", "openssl/vendored" ]
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3"
 
+[dev-dependencies.cargo-husky]
+version = "1"
+default-features = false # Disable features which are enabled by default
+features = ["precommit-hook", "run-cargo-fmt"]