diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e0d1d1a0..24ee536b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Synergy News
 ============
 
+* Jan-22-2003 - Synergy 1.0.1 released
+
+  Made following changes:
+  * Fixed running as a service on Windows NT family
+
+
 * Jan-20-2003 - Synergy 1.0.0 released
 
   Made following changes:
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d2a70bb8..15ff1af9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 dnl current version
 MAJOR_VERSION=1
 MINOR_VERSION=0
-RELEASE_VERSION=0
+RELEASE_VERSION=1
 
 dnl initialize automake
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(synergy, $MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$RELEASE_VERSION)
diff --git a/lib/common/Version.h b/lib/common/Version.h
index 71c2d078..36a817ed 100644
--- a/lib/common/Version.h
+++ b/lib/common/Version.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 // set version macro if not set yet
 #if !defined(VERSION)
-#	define VERSION "1.0.0"
+#	define VERSION "1.0.1"
 #endif
 
 // important strings