diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c79d636a3..55dd3d7233 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# 1.0.0-beta1
+
+This is the first beta release of this client.
+
+## Features
+
+* Support for Kubernetes 1.8 
+  ([#84](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java/pull/84)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+* Allow kubeconfig to be loaded without current-context
+  ([#81](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java/pull/81)).
+
 # 0.2.0
 
 ## Fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 752cea7989..a8722fdc8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ All APIs and Models' documentation can be found at the [Generated client's READM
 
 ## Compatability
 
-|                   | Kubernetes 1.4 | Kubernetes 1.5 | Kubernetes 1.6 | Kubernetes 1.7 |
-|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
-| java-client 0.1.0 | +              | +              | ✓              | -              |
-| java-client 0.2.0 | +              | +              | ✓              | -              |
+|                         | Kubernetes 1.4 | Kubernetes 1.5 | Kubernetes 1.6 | Kubernetes 1.7 | Kubernetes 1.8 |
+|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
+| java-client 0.1.0       | +              | +              | ✓              | -              | -              |
+| java-client 0.2.0       | +              | +              | ✓              | -              | -              |
+| java-client 1.0.0-beta1 | +              | +              | +              | +              | ✓              |
 
 Key: 
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index d58856c67a..366cdd0fe2 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -2,30 +2,30 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 	<artifactId>client-java-examples</artifactId>
-	<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>client-java-examples</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java-proto</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@
 		<junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/kubernetes/pom.xml b/kubernetes/pom.xml
index 46e0e7ed24..4996878c26 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>client-java-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>client-java-api</name>
-  <version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
   <description>Swagger Java</description>
   <prerequisites>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5c288ac2d..b0f1c9db05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
   <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-  <version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Kubernetes Client API</name>
   <url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
diff --git a/proto/pom.xml b/proto/pom.xml
index 838be77514..b67358a794 100644
--- a/proto/pom.xml
+++ b/proto/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 	<artifactId>client-java-proto</artifactId>
-	<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>client-java-proto</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index 1b004dc455..93fc8b0bb0 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -2,25 +2,25 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 	<artifactId>client-java</artifactId>
-	<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>client-java</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java-proto</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>