diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index afaf360..7f20734 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 86dbdba..e1d201d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.1-rc
+==============
+
+Version 1.0.1
+-------------
+- [Variogram] documentation added to :func:`use_nugget <skgstat.Variogram.use_nugget>`
+- [Variogram] :func:`Variogram.fit(method='manual') <skgstat.Variogram.fit>` now
+  implicitly sets :func:`use_nugget=True <skgstat.Variogram.use_nugget>` if a
+  nugget is passed to fit.
+
 Version 1.0.0
 =============
 - [plotting] the 3D surface plot is now handling the opacity settings correctly.
diff --git a/skgstat/__init__.py b/skgstat/__init__.py
index 0cfd637..a48c422 100644
--- a/skgstat/__init__.py
+++ b/skgstat/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 from . import util
 
 # set some stuff
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
+__version__ = '1.0.1'
 __author__ = 'Mirko Maelicke <mirko.maelicke@kit.edu>'
 __backend__ = 'matplotlib'