diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..466df71 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f161fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 (2026-10-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **identity:** the Principal adapter, read from identity's contract ([#2](https://github.com/JorisJonkers-dev/python-commons/issues/2)) ([8d3c309](https://github.com/JorisJonkers-dev/python-commons/commit/8d3c309db84555dd800ecbc3b6c6d229f17d8fcc))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 30cb889..ec4679b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "jorisjonkers-commons"
-version = "0.0.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Shared Python packages for estate services."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"