diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index aaf968a..3d2ac0b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+  ".": "0.1.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f703582..73110b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found [on dev.writer.com](https://dev.writer.c
 
 ```sh
 # install from PyPI
-pip install --pre writer-sdk
+pip install writer-sdk
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/bin/check-release-environment b/bin/check-release-environment
index 360bcdd..fe3283d 100644
--- a/bin/check-release-environment
+++ b/bin/check-release-environment
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-warnings=()
 errors=()
 
 if [ -z "${PYPI_TOKEN}" ]; then
-  warnings+=("The WRITER_PYPI_TOKEN secret has not been set. Please set it in either this repository's secrets or your organization secrets.")
-fi
-
-lenWarnings=${#warnings[@]}
-
-if [[ lenWarnings -gt 0 ]]; then
-  echo -e "Found the following warnings in the release environment:\n"
-
-  for warning in "${warnings[@]}"; do
-    echo -e "- $warning\n"
-  done
+  errors+=("The WRITER_PYPI_TOKEN secret has not been set. Please set it in either this repository's secrets or your organization secrets.")
 fi
 
 lenErrors=${#errors[@]}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 04c3e8e..24ad29f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "writer-sdk"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the writer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/writerai/_version.py b/src/writerai/_version.py
index a25555d..200da27 100644
--- a/src/writerai/_version.py
+++ b/src/writerai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "writerai"
-__version__ = "0.1.0-alpha.3"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.1.0"  # x-release-please-version