diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5767a1d..3b6554a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ jobs:
           HEXPM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.HEX_API_KEY }}
         run: |
           echo "Publishing package to Hex..."
-          gleam publish --yes
+          # For versions < 1.0.0, gleam publish requires explicit confirmation
+          # We pipe the required text to accept publishing 0.x versions
+          echo "I am not using semantic versioning" | gleam publish --yes
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
diff --git a/gleam.toml b/gleam.toml
index 87119aa..663b890 100644
--- a/gleam.toml
+++ b/gleam.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = "sparkling"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 description = "A fast, type-safe ClickHouse client for Gleam with composable queries"
 licenses = ["Apache-2.0"]
 authors = ["Scaratti Daniele aka lupodevelp"]