diff --git a/builds/msvc/version.h b/builds/msvc/version.h
index 671f40a63b..da4fd43c4d 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/version.h
+++ b/builds/msvc/version.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "export.h"
 
-#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "0.7.2"
+#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "1.0.0"
 
 #define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 7
 #define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 2
diff --git a/msvc-scripts/process.bat b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
index 3a5df7099f..2d031879f3 100755
--- a/msvc-scripts/process.bat
+++ b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/0.7.2/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/1.0.0/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
 cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/7/ < tmp > tmp2
 cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/2/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
 del tmp tmp2