diff --git a/plugins/rbac-node/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/rbac-node/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## @janus-idp/backstage-plugin-rbac-node 1.0.0 (2024-02-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support for the new backend system to the `rbac-backend` plugin ([#1179](https://github.com/janus-idp/backstage-plugins/issues/1179)) ([d625cb2](https://github.com/janus-idp/backstage-plugins/commit/d625cb2470513862027e048c70944275043ce70a))
diff --git a/plugins/rbac-node/package.json b/plugins/rbac-node/package.json
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 {
   "name": "@janus-idp/backstage-plugin-rbac-node",
   "description": "Node.js library for the rbac plugin",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",