Flagging master as 1.0.0-pre1.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1fec9cb..3541064 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grpc",
-  "version": "0.16.0-dev",
+  "version": "1.0.0-pre1",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "description": "gRPC Library for Node",
   "homepage": "http://www.grpc.io/",