diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33576d324..db40dd453 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v1.0 [unreleased]
+## v1.0 Release Candidate 1 [2016-08-23]
 
 ### Release Notes
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e9e186e3..d0b1b870d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ new plugins.
 ### Linux deb and rpm Packages:
 
 Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.0.0-beta3_amd64.deb
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0_beta3.x86_64.rpm
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.0.0-rc1_amd64.deb
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0_rc1.x86_64.rpm
 
 Latest (arm):
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.0.0-beta3_armhf.deb
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0_beta3.armhf.rpm
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.0.0-rc1_armhf.deb
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0_rc1.armhf.rpm
 
 ##### Package Instructions:
 
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ to use this repo to install & update telegraf.
 ### Linux tarballs:
 
 Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-beta3_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-beta3_linux_i386.tar.gz
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-beta3_linux_armhf.tar.gz
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-rc1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-rc1_linux_i386.tar.gz
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-rc1_linux_armhf.tar.gz
 
 ### FreeBSD tarball:
 
 Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-beta3_freebsd_amd64.tar.gz
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-rc1_freebsd_amd64.tar.gz
 
 ### Ansible Role:
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ brew install telegraf
 ### Windows Binaries (EXPERIMENTAL)
 
 Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-beta3_windows_amd64.zip
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.0.0-rc1_windows_amd64.zip
 
 ### From Source: