diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f4e90751de80e4ba4d15a40abf599f03119d9e4..f7dc3f92231f8d450013eddade871952aa699f3c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
-set(CAOSDB_PROTO_VERSION 0.0.10)
+set(CAOSDB_PROTO_VERSION 0.1.0)
 
 project("caosdb-proto"
     VERSION ${CAOSDB_PROTO_VERSION}
diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index afc27f6db86ac57ad7d00ad6cd37999a1e117012..6dc4fafcb338ed88b7fa03798b09624d8c51f538 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -27,5 +27,3 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 6. Tag the latest commit of the main branch with `v<VERSION>`.
 
 7. Delete the release branch.
-
-8. TODO...