diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13541474cb..3d7ee4501a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_app_grpc"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "base64 0.13.1",
@@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_app_utilities"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 3.2.25",
  "futures 0.3.29",
@@ -3058,7 +3058,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_console_wallet"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake2",
  "chrono",
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_merge_mining_proxy"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
@@ -3150,7 +3150,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_miner"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "borsh",
@@ -3186,7 +3186,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_mining_helper_ffi"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "borsh",
  "hex",
@@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_node"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -3257,7 +3257,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_wallet"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
@@ -3307,7 +3307,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "minotari_wallet_ffi"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "borsh",
  "cbindgen",
@@ -5559,7 +5559,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_chat_client"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5583,7 +5583,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_common"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "blake2",
@@ -5611,7 +5611,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_common_sqlite"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "diesel",
  "diesel_migrations",
@@ -5625,7 +5625,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_common_types"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.5",
  "blake2",
@@ -5646,7 +5646,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_comms"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5695,7 +5695,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_comms_dht"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
@@ -5739,7 +5739,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_comms_rpc_macros"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -5754,7 +5754,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_contacts"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "diesel",
@@ -5787,7 +5787,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_core"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bincode",
@@ -5880,7 +5880,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_features"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_integration_tests"
@@ -5932,7 +5932,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_key_manager"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5998,7 +5998,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_mmr"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "blake2",
@@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_p2p"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap 3.2.25",
@@ -6070,7 +6070,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_service_framework"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -6087,7 +6087,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_shutdown"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "tokio",
@@ -6095,7 +6095,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_storage"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "lmdb-zero",
@@ -6108,7 +6108,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tari_test_utils"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "futures-test",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32e42082d8..92c553dce8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Want to contribute? Start by reading the [Contributing Guide](Contributing.md) a
 ### Versions
 The recommended running versions of each network are:
 
-| Network   | Version         |
-|-----------|-----------------|
-| Stagenet  | 0.50.0-hotfix.1 |
-| Nextnet   | 0.51.0-rc.1     |
-| Esmeralda | 0.53.0-pre.0    |
+| Network   | Version     |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| Stagenet  | 0.52.0      |
+| Nextnet   | ---         |
+| Esmeralda | 1.0.0-pre.0 |
 
 For more detail about versioning, see [Release Ideology](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/blob/development/docs/src/branching_releases.md).
 
diff --git a/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml
index 7cf191e511..2c01dc5cc8 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "This crate is to provide a single source for all cross application grpc files and conversions to and from tari::core"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml
index c14e423158..62ab8a9de6 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "minotari_app_utilities"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
diff --git a/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
index 2dd3a3e4e5..a32461411f 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "minotari_console_wallet"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
diff --git a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml
index 88fa19baea..381cbeec2e 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "The Tari merge mining proxy for xmrig"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
index d75f10a7da..b598860071 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "The tari miner implementation"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml
index acd7c930ce..d11fce075a 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "The tari full base node implementation"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/base_layer/common_types/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/common_types/Cargo.toml
index 9af472cfec..af5a24bc45 100644
--- a/base_layer/common_types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/common_types/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "tari_common_types"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cryptocurrency common types"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml
index 04314c7126..f725372898 100644
--- a/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "tari_contacts"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari contacts library"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/base_layer/contacts/src/chat_client/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/contacts/src/chat_client/Cargo.toml
index 09c37e518f..97bd46653f 100644
--- a/base_layer/contacts/src/chat_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/contacts/src/chat_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "tari_chat_client"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cucumber chat client"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
index 9292a3dd9b..bb2a069f81 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/base_layer/key_manager/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/key_manager/Cargo.toml
index fbdcca2390..e20e4d185c 100644
--- a/base_layer/key_manager/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/key_manager/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cryptocurrency wallet key management"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/base_layer/mmr/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/mmr/Cargo.toml
index 206eca4013..35249243e8 100644
--- a/base_layer/mmr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/mmr/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "A Merkle Mountain Range implementation"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
index 9fd5413f31..2ba3f37fdc 100644
--- a/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tari_p2p"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 authors = ["The Tari Development community"]
 description = "Tari base layer-specific peer-to-peer communication features"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
diff --git a/base_layer/service_framework/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/service_framework/Cargo.toml
index cb95733ddc..4b6b928eea 100644
--- a/base_layer/service_framework/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/service_framework/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tari_service_framework"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "The Tari communication stack service framework"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
diff --git a/base_layer/tari_mining_helper_ffi/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/tari_mining_helper_ffi/Cargo.toml
index 43131abd1a..e76e66c2f9 100644
--- a/base_layer/tari_mining_helper_ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/tari_mining_helper_ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "minotari_mining_helper_ffi"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cryptocurrency miningcore C FFI bindings"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml
index 2b83c33659..436f89bba8 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "minotari_wallet"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cryptocurrency wallet library"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml
index b46269f73a..d7b8a8d856 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "minotari_wallet_ffi"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cryptocurrency wallet C FFI bindings"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/changelog-development.md b/changelog-development.md
index 96c0809da2..8b1cb844c6 100644
--- a/changelog-development.md
+++ b/changelog-development.md
@@ -2,6 +2,65 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.0.0-pre.0](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/compare/v0.53.0-pre.0...v1.0.0-pre.0) (2023-12-01)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* new faucet for esmeralda (#6001)
+* dont store entire monero coinbase transaction (#5991)
+* ups the min difficulty (#5999)
+* network specific domain hashers (#5980)
+* add aux chain support for merge mining (#5976)
+* disable console wallet grpc (#5988)
+* add one-sided coinbase payments (#5967)
+* fix opcode signatures (#5966)
+* remove mutable mmr (#5954)
+* move kernel MMR position to `u64` (#5956)
+* standardize gRPC authentication and mitigate DoS (#5936)
+* fix difficulty overflow (#5935)
+
+### Features
+
+* add aux chain support for merge mining ([#5976](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5976)) ([6723dc7](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/6723dc7a88b2c1e40efe51259cb26e12638b9668))
+* add constant time comparison for grpc authentication ([#5902](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5902)) ([2fe44db](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/2fe44db773bbf8ee7c4e306e08973ba25e6af10e))
+* add getheaderbyhash method to grpc-js ([#5942](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5942)) ([ebc4539](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/ebc45398ea7f9eda7f08830cec93f2bf8d4a0e38))
+* add one-sided coinbase payments ([#5967](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5967)) ([89b19f6](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/89b19f6de8f2acf28557ca37feda03af2657cf30))
+* bans for bad incoming blocks ([#5934](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5934)) ([7acc44d](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/7acc44d3dce5d8c9085ae5246a8a0a7487d19516))
+* block endless peer stream ([#5951](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5951)) ([16b325d](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/16b325defc2f42b9b34d3e1fd05a4b6cd6bcf965))
+* block wallets from sending if BN connection stale ([#5949](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5949)) ([18d5f57](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/18d5f57363fb085bfac080a7994cb5ced8c932ab))
+* compile out the metrics ([#5944](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5944)) ([fa2fb27](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/fa2fb27a5834bd56fda62c82a825a7f6d8391fd3))
+* create min dust fee setting ([#5947](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5947)) ([8f5466c](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/8f5466cb1d85518ba80190fa312281321aa721ff))
+* disable console wallet grpc ([#5988](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5988)) ([883de17](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/883de175dadee58c4f49fff9a655cae1a2450b3d))
+* dont store entire monero coinbase transaction ([#5991](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5991)) ([23b10bf](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/23b10bf2d3fdebd296a93eae0aaa5abcd4156de9))
+* enable revealed-value proofs ([#5983](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5983)) ([f3f5879](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/f3f5879903c619a9219c27ce4e77450f4a1b247b))
+* fix difficulty overflow ([#5935](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5935)) ([55bbdf2](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/55bbdf2481bb7522ede5cc3e37ca8cdeb323b4f7))
+* grpc over tls ([#5990](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5990)) ([b80f7e3](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/b80f7e366b14e10b3fb0e9835fb76dd5596d0cf8))
+* limit max number of addresses ([#5960](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5960)) ([40fc940](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/40fc9408161e404a9f4062362fe495de3c2e374f))
+* move kernel MMR position to `u64` ([#5956](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5956)) ([cdd8a31](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/cdd8a3135765c3b5a87027f9a5e0103e737c709a))
+* network specific domain hashers ([#5980](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5980)) ([d7ab283](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/d7ab2838cc08a7c12ccf443697c1560b1ea40b03))
+* **node grpc:** add grpc authentication to the node ([#5928](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5928)) ([3d95e8c](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/3d95e8cb0543f5bdb284f2ea0771e2f03748b71a))
+* remove panics from applications ([#5943](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5943)) ([18c3d0b](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/18c3d0be8123cdc362fdeaed66c45ad17c3e7dfa))
+* sender and receiver protocols use bytes (not hex string) in wallet database ([#5950](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5950)) ([4cbdfec](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/4cbdfec945857c5b7a334962e137d2c8dc4d4c4a))
+* warnings for untrusted urls ([#5955](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5955)) ([e2e278c](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/e2e278c9a4d09f8e0136e9b3ae2f93afc3e9ac4a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* display ([#5982](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5982)) ([8cce48c](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/8cce48cd8bd9b6f780376030918972e993fc1ab7))
+* fix opcode signatures ([#5966](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5966)) ([dc26ca6](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/dc26ca6aeeb4196d0496f2977027ac63a4324043))
+* fix the windows installer ([#5938](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5938)) ([3e65a28](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/3e65a28c5e3729024d70e2b7f55910c8c808495c))
+* fix the windows installer auto build ([#5939](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5939)) ([a138b78](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/a138b7892d4b41a460b8dd8b9466f34e90f65469))
+* **shutdown:** is_triggered returns up-to-date value without first polling ([#5997](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5997)) ([49f2053](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/49f20534ec808427d059cde6892adc5597f33391))
+* standardize gRPC authentication and mitigate DoS ([#5936](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5936)) ([623f127](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/623f12768daf8329731249cf7e4c644e338d9700))
+* **tariscript:** multisig ordered signatures and pubkeys ([#5961](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5961)) ([14e334a](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/14e334aff346aae8a081599488135c905c2c1f84))
+* update `ToRistrettoPoint` handling ([#5973](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5973)) ([12e84f4](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/12e84f42ee1842875f72716833e96d0b84460c78))
+
+
+* new faucet for esmeralda ([#6001](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/6001)) ([4eccc39](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/4eccc392394b03e974b36538096f640d2b98d25d))
+* remove mutable mmr ([#5954](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5954)) ([0855583](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/0855583c9fb138f7d1633c1829a8cf3f23048c49))
+* ups the min difficulty ([#5999](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/issues/5999)) ([fc1e555](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/commit/fc1e555edc56c9d01d7e9cb4d2c7cd0421616034))
+
 ## [0.53.0-pre.0](https://github.com/tari-project/tari/compare/v0.52.0-pre.2...v0.53.0-pre.0) (2023-11-07)
 
 
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index daad9791f0..e9c9735c4a 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/common/tari_features/Cargo.toml b/common/tari_features/Cargo.toml
index 3f0d33a56f..d3adc4d7cc 100644
--- a/common/tari_features/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/tari_features/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
diff --git a/common_sqlite/Cargo.toml b/common_sqlite/Cargo.toml
index efbeea311b..9bb1105640 100644
--- a/common_sqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common_sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "tari_common_sqlite"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari cryptocurrency wallet library"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
diff --git a/comms/core/Cargo.toml b/comms/core/Cargo.toml
index 0b294b6ee2..57c3779b23 100644
--- a/comms/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/comms/dht/Cargo.toml b/comms/dht/Cargo.toml
index 18c0989854..335198b7ff 100644
--- a/comms/dht/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/dht/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tari_comms_dht"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 description = "Tari comms DHT module"
 repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
diff --git a/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml b/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml
index 70bb3cbe59..040ed4c348 100644
--- a/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/infrastructure/derive/Cargo.toml b/infrastructure/derive/Cargo.toml
index add9cfd12b..145e8f5634 100644
--- a/infrastructure/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/infrastructure/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/infrastructure/shutdown/Cargo.toml b/infrastructure/shutdown/Cargo.toml
index 2ebebe2633..497a75184d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/shutdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/infrastructure/shutdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
diff --git a/infrastructure/storage/Cargo.toml b/infrastructure/storage/Cargo.toml
index 659421702e..31785ed965 100644
--- a/infrastructure/storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/infrastructure/storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tari-project/tari"
 homepage = "https://tari.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/infrastructure/test_utils/Cargo.toml b/infrastructure/test_utils/Cargo.toml
index 3a80e688b6..1022b85616 100644
--- a/infrastructure/test_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/infrastructure/test_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "tari_test_utils"
 description = "Utility functions used in Tari test functions"
-version = "0.53.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
 authors = ["The Tari Development Community"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4dff2d0f90..685a56e1a9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tari",
-  "version": "0.53.0-pre.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0-pre.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {}