diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/0.3.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/1.0.rst
similarity index 98%
rename from doc/source/whatsnew/0.3.rst
rename to doc/source/whatsnew/1.0.rst
index 2fd0b5a37aa215658a0b74bc9b40a168d3ba7cfa..071736d7e14f11d74272c9bed2aa8189c8b01c15 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/0.3.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/1.0.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-What's New in kwant 0.3
+What's New in kwant 1.0
 =======================
 
-This article explains the user-visible changes in kwant 0.3.
+This article explains the user-visible changes in kwant 1.0.
 
 
 Lattice and shape improvements
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index 6613353b4202bba959ad86e069c9709441c2c7fe..b28b784bc576392925aafbf020f02dd930181cf2 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ What's New in kwant
 ===================
 
 .. toctree::
-    0.3
+    1.0
     0.2