diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91dde4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+= 0.1.0 (2023-05-05)
+
+== Added
+
+* https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3638[LOG4J2-3638]: Add bytecode transformation tool to provide location information without reflection. (https://github.com/ppkarwasz[pkarwasz])
+* https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-673[LOG4J2-673]: Add resource transformer for the Maven Shade Plugin to merge `Log4j2Plugins.dat` plugin caches. Thanks to https://github.com/edwgiz[Eduard Gizatullin]. (https://github.com/ppkarwasz[pkarwasz])
diff --git a/RELEASING.adoc b/RELEASING.adoc
index 19d78d3..6de2578 100644
--- a/RELEASING.adoc
+++ b/RELEASING.adoc
@@ -27,18 +27,29 @@ In the code examples below, assuming the version to be released is `7.8.0`.
 . Checkout the release branch: `git checkout -B release/7.8.0 origin/master`
 . Perform and commit following changes:
 .. Set the `revision` property to `7.8.0` in xref:pom.xml[`pom.xml`]
-.. Update the version and date in xref:CHANGELOG.adoc[`CHANGELOG.adoc`]
-. Make sure that `./mvnw clean verify` succeeds – if not, commit necessary fixes
-. Push the `release/7.8.0` branch
-. Run `./mvnw clean deploy`
-. Run:
+.. Set the `project.build.outputTimestamp` in xref:pom.xml[`pom.xml`] and xref:log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml[`log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml`] to the expected release date (72 hours from now)
+.. Release and export the changelog:
++
 [source,console]
 ----
-ZIP_FILEPATH="/tmp/apache-log4j-transform-7.8.0-src.zip"
-git ls-files -z | xargs -0 zip -9 "$ZIP_FILEPATH" --
-gpg --armor --detach-sign "$ZIP_FILEPATH"
-sha512sum "$ZIP_FILEPATH" > "$ZIP_FILEPATH.sha512"
+./mvnw -N -Dlog4j.changelog.releaseVersion=0.1.0 log4j-changelog:release log4j-changelog:export
 ----
++
+. Make sure that `./mvnw clean verify` succeeds – if not, commit necessary fixes
+. Push the `release/7.8.0` branch
+. Make sure the associated https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/actions[GitHub Actions workflow] succeeds:
+.. *Signed artifacts* are uploaded to the _Staging Repositories_ in https://repository.apache.org/[repository.apache.org]
+.. *Signed sources and their checksum* are uploaded as GitHub Actions workflow artifacts
+.. `*rel/7.8.0-rc1*` git tag should be created
++
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+The ASF infrastructure treats ``rel/``-prefixed git tags special and ensures they are immutable for provenance reasons.
+To make the above operation idempotent and allow retries, the release candidate enumeration used in the tag will be incremented automatically; `rel/7.8.0-rc1`, `rel/7.8.0-rc2`, etc.
+====
+
++
+If not, commit necessary fixes, push, and repeat.
 . _Close_ the repository in https://repository.apache.org/[repository.apache.org]
 . Commit _the signed sources and their checksum_ (e.g., `apache-log4j-transform-7.8.0-src.{zip,.zip.asc,.zip.sha512}`) to https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/logging/log4j[dist.apache.org/repos/dist/**dev**/logging/log4j] Subversion repository and delete any artifacts from old releases
 
@@ -94,7 +105,7 @@ With that, the release passes with 3 binding +1 votes from A, B and me.
 ====
 The ASF infrastructure treats ``rel/``-prefixed git tags special and ensures they are immutable for provenance reasons.
 ====
-. Rebase `release/7.8.0` changes to `main`
+. Merge `release/7.8.0` changes to `main`
 . Set the revision property to the next development version (e.g., `7.9.0-SNAPSHOT`) in xref:pom.xml[`pom.xml`]
 . Commit changes and push the `main` branch
 . Delete the local and remote copies of the `release/7.8.0` branch
diff --git a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
index 268debc..1e8d40c 100644
--- a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <!-- `project.build.outputTimestamp` is required for reproducible builds: https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1682714736</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1683307797</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <!-- disable `maven-site-plugin`-->
     <maven.site.skip>true</maven.site.skip>
     <maven.site.deploy.skip>true</maven.site.deploy.skip>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5af0028..4b0367f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
   <properties>
     <!-- project version -->
-    <revision>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+    <revision>0.1.0</revision>
     <!-- `minimalJavaBuildVersion` is employed by `org.apache:apache`,
       which is the parent of `org.apache.logging:logging-parent`, which is the parent of us.
         `minimalJavaBuildVersion` is used for enforcing the compiler version.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <minimalJavaBuildVersion>[17,18)</minimalJavaBuildVersion>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <!-- `project.build.outputTimestamp` is required for reproducible builds: https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1682714736</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1683307797</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <!-- plugin versions -->
     <checksum-maven-plugin.version>1.11</checksum-maven-plugin.version>
     <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.4.1</flatten-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/0.1.0/.release.xml b/src/changelog/0.1.0/.release.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b5807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/0.1.0/.release.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<release xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.0.xsd"
+         date="2023-05-05" version="0.1.0"/>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/LOG4J2-3638_Provide_Maven_plugin_to_inline_location.xml b/src/changelog/0.1.0/LOG4J2-3638_Provide_Maven_plugin_to_inline_location.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/changelog/.0.x.x/LOG4J2-3638_Provide_Maven_plugin_to_inline_location.xml
rename to src/changelog/0.1.0/LOG4J2-3638_Provide_Maven_plugin_to_inline_location.xml
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/LOG4J2-673_Maven_Shade_resource_transformer.xml b/src/changelog/0.1.0/LOG4J2-673_Maven_Shade_resource_transformer.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/changelog/.0.x.x/LOG4J2-673_Maven_Shade_resource_transformer.xml
rename to src/changelog/0.1.0/LOG4J2-673_Maven_Shade_resource_transformer.xml