diff --git a/.github/release.yaml b/.github/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..394dcb2221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - app/renovate
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - Semver-Major
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - Semver-Minor
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63136e775b..2ac5e44943 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@interledger/rafiki",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.0-alpha",
   "private": true,
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": "https://github.com/interledger/rafiki",