diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index ff79ffb..479717d 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 )
 
 var NewtVersion Version = Version{1, 0, 0}
-var NewtVersionStr string = "Apache Newt (incubating) version: 1.0.0-dev"
+var NewtVersionStr string = "Apache Newt (incubating) version: 1.0.1"
 var NewtBlinkyTag string = "develop"
 var NewtNumJobs int
 var NewtForce bool