diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index e18ee07..b985ff6 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0"
+  ".": "0.0.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..443ee83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.0.1 (2023-05-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **action:** add action metadata file ([a838571](https://github.com/jimeh/release-please-manifest-action/commit/a83857102dc31f7c3f64187b6916bf8c9b07ca61))
+* **action:** shift focus to manifest mode ([d0e8444](https://github.com/jimeh/release-please-manifest-action/commit/d0e8444bb458e626da00ef39967d5dc92b974baf))