diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0",
+  ".": "1.0.0",
   "chart": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2025-12-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* added build image workflow on push to main ([9780339](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/9780339387f098db2470a42df03274a58be9e39f))
+* vm disk image mvp implementation ([#10](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/10)) ([1b02b1a](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/1b02b1abea3175717ec0951096df9cbc69c472aa))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update golang docker tag to v1.25 ([62e7e7d](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/62e7e7de8a15adde271a5e5f95bf4c6d99e1168f))
+* **deps:** update k8s.io/utils digest to bc988d5 ([#14](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/14)) ([0060f2f](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/0060f2fbfd9c02420144933138e679fa645241a4))
+* **deps:** update kubernetes packages to v0.34.2 ([#1](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/1)) ([b61d5ec](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b61d5ecc5226fd4623d3f67cb9836219902df928))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v6 to v8 ([#16](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/16)) ([f9cc1f4](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/f9cc1f4146f0370eaaad85bcb1e8fd904a2262f7))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v6 to v8 ([#22](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/22)) ([f924f4a](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/f924f4acc136e738caa9d705ffc464949f859304))
+* **deps:** update module go.uber.org/zap to v1.27.1 ([#15](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/15)) ([9a593a8](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/9a593a8d9cb442f4fedaeac5419a3978cffe6afd))
+* **deps:** update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.22.4 ([#6](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/6)) ([6bf3daa](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/6bf3daa3e4b91b7291e97e0fb94f95d2ac1bd67f))
+* remove default to dev mode config ([#18](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/18)) ([ffa3a7a](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/ffa3a7a40e1af09277e83da98f8f2cd5d8aae29e))
+* **renovate:** don't always use fix for deps updates ([36ba49f](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/36ba49fff0d118b032f44aa80fdca0902ca0128a))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* add air to hot reload the operator for local development ([#11](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/11)) ([74a3238](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/74a32387eebe4f5ddac07c3f1a5bdfa3d97054c1))
+* configure release please to do chart releases ([#24](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/24)) ([8c1f881](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/8c1f8819760af02d67c808e57e00635b885569cf))
+* **deps:** update actions/checkout action to v5 ([0869392](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/0869392597bf389f7b15ba8fcd25991020936b8c))
+* **deps:** update actions/checkout action to v6 ([#12](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/12)) ([023b109](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/023b109898461a86283cc1d9d83112eb38bb1f70))
+* **deps:** update actions/checkout action to v6 ([#19](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/19)) ([bcfbfd4](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/bcfbfd4d28ff2bb6ebdbc4201badede02805fd9e))
+* **deps:** update actions/setup-go action to v6 ([7678ce9](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/7678ce947328e4e0effaa8febcb58999a839016e))
+* **deps:** update actions/setup-go action to v6 ([#20](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/20)) ([0e20b3c](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/0e20b3c533ff175da2f0517701b0e37aa3e0e645))
+* helm chart ([#17](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/17)) ([b81ad2c](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b81ad2cedd754e1be9844022e803edcc5792a981))
+* **main:** release data-sync-operator 1.0.0 ([#25](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/25)) ([b3e498f](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/b3e498fe901e8a8196c2e1cf1243ac230bb28728))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* readme clean up ([#21](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/issues/21)) ([6c36e16](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/6c36e16f8a0da051c5aef324d6ac9e4756792a0c))
+* spelling ([c575c9d](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/c575c9dc32409a076c07c8738fb1b7c6584baaac))
+* update proposal ([c312180](https://github.com/pelotech/data-sync-operator/commit/c312180b6fe1c7c1e60ac6d74622f5c76f6909e4))