diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6230f6bd..63add51d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ IF(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 ENDIF(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 
 # vmtk versions number
-SET(VMTK_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-SET(VMTK_VERSION_MINOR 10)
+SET(VMTK_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+SET(VMTK_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 SET(VMTK_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 SET(VMTK_VERSION 
     "${VMTK_VERSION_MAJOR}.${VMTK_VERSION_MINOR}.${VMTK_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Copyright.txt b/Copyright.txt
index e958bf23..4f4e5d4e 100644
--- a/Copyright.txt
+++ b/Copyright.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 COPYRIGHT
 ---------
 
-Copyright (C) 2004-2011, Luca Antiga, David Steinman 
+Copyright (C) 2004-2012, Luca Antiga, David Steinman 
 
 
 APPLICABLE LICENSES
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 3f11273f..5d8c8bd5 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ LICENSE
 
 VMTK, the Vascular Modeling Toolkit.
 
-Copyright (C) 2004-2011, Luca Antiga, David Steinman
+Copyright (C) 2004-2012, Luca Antiga, David Steinman
 
 See Copyright.txt file for Details.