diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1b9250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# 1.0.0 - 19th December 2023
+
+- add support for malli via `flanders.malli/->malli`
+  - requires malli
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73ae432..11a0134 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ validators, etc.
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright © 2016-2020 Cisco Systems
+Copyright © 2016-2023 Cisco Systems
 
 Distributed under the Eclipse Public License either version 1.0 or (at
 your option) any later version.
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index feb8682..5b57b76 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-(defproject threatgrid/flanders "0.1.24-SNAPSHOT"
+(defproject threatgrid/flanders "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "flanders"
   :url "http://github.com/threatgrid/flanders"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
   :pedantic? :abort
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.1"]
                  [org.clojure/core.match "1.0.0"]
                  [cheshire "5.9.0"]
 
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
                  [metosin/ring-swagger "0.26.2"]
                  [metosin/schema-tools "0.12.2"]]
   :global-vars {*warn-on-reflection* true}
+  :release-tasks [["clean"]
+                  ["vcs" "assert-committed"]
+                  ["change" "version" "leiningen.release/bump-version" "release"]
+                  ["vcs" "commit"]
+                  ["vcs" "tag" "--no-sign"]
+                  ["deploy" "clojars"]
+                  ["change" "version" "leiningen.release/bump-version"]
+                  ["vcs" "commit"]
+                  ["vcs" "push"]]
+
   :profiles {:dev
              {:dependencies [[org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1"]
                              [metosin/malli "0.13.0"]]}})
diff --git a/src/flanders/malli.clj b/src/flanders/malli.clj
index bc5fe0b..a361c67 100644
--- a/src/flanders/malli.clj
+++ b/src/flanders/malli.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 (ns flanders.malli
+  "Requires malli as a dependency."
   (:require
     [flanders.types]
     [malli.core :as m]