diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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--- a/CHANGES.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## Version 1.0.1
+
+> 2017 Dec 31
+
+There is zero code change since 1.0.0. This is a release to fix the 1.0.0-MF issue that on Maven 1.0.0-MF is deemed later than 1.0.0. 
+For details see [#2131](https://github.com/typelevel/cats/issues/2131)
+
+
 ## Version 1.0.0
 
 > 2017 Dec 25
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.lyranthe.sbt" % "partial-unification" % "1.1.0")
 And then create the cats dependency, by adding the following to your `build.sbt`:
 
 ```scala
-libraryDependencies += "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "1.0.0"
+libraryDependencies += "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "1.0.1"
 ```
 
 This will pull in the cats-core module. If you require some other