diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 9717ef22d..db4972689 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "packages/wallet": "1.0.0",
   "packages/access": "5.0.2",
-  "packages/access-api": "3.0.0"
+  "packages/access-api": "3.0.0",
+  "packages/upload-client": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/upload-client/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/upload-client/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67119f099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/upload-client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2022-11-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* a base for a new web3.storage upload-client ([#141](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/issues/141)) ([9d4b5be](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/commit/9d4b5bec1f0e870233b071ecb1c7a1e09189624b))
+* add static uploads API ([#148](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/issues/148)) ([d85d051](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/commit/d85d0515c80b14d97844fe68266f4fb637b6ba76))
diff --git a/packages/upload-client/package.json b/packages/upload-client/package.json
index a90881f1c..56c3440e7 100644
--- a/packages/upload-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/upload-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web3-storage/upload-client",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "The web3.storage upload client",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/tree/main/packages/upload-client",
   "repository": {