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..990e9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 (2026-10-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add the project template ([fbb5de0](https://github.com/studiobimo/project-template/commit/fbb5de0d2234d98fc78f07d14eb7101eb43d16a9))