diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# 1.0.0 (2019-01-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **new-validation:** flag required parameters that specify a default value ([a338794](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/commit/a338794))
+
 # 0.2.0
 - The options `-v` or `--version` now prints the semantic version of the validator
-- The `--print_validator_modules` short-hand option is renamed to `-p`
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+- The `--print_validator_modules` short-hand option is renamed to `-p`
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 11e3ad7e6..8eda81104 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5996c87ef..b22c74ce4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
   "description": "Configurable and extensible validator/linter for OpenAPI documents",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "main": "src/lib/index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",