diff --git a/embedded-hal-async/Cargo.toml b/embedded-hal-async/Cargo.toml
index 918514052..b10cfc734 100644
--- a/embedded-hal-async/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embedded-hal-async/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "embedded-hal-async"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal"
-version = "0.2.0-alpha.2"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.1"
 rust-version = "1.65.0"
 
 [features]
 defmt-03 = ["dep:defmt-03", "embedded-hal/defmt-03"]
 
 [dependencies]
-embedded-hal = { version = "=1.0.0-alpha.11", path = "../embedded-hal" }
+embedded-hal = { version = "=1.0.0-rc.1", path = "../embedded-hal" }
 defmt-03 = { package = "defmt", version = "0.3", optional = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/embedded-hal-async/README.md b/embedded-hal-async/README.md
index d22d658d8..d42b77a5e 100644
--- a/embedded-hal-async/README.md
+++ b/embedded-hal-async/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ or a console to operate either on hardware serial ports or on virtual ones like
 ## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)
 
 This crate requires Rust nightly newer than `nightly-2022-11-22`, due to requiring support for
-`async fn` in traits (AFIT), which is not stable yet. 
+`async fn` in traits (AFIT), which is not stable yet.
 
 Keep in mind Rust nightlies can make backwards-incompatible changes to unstable features
-at any time.
+at any time. If this happens, we might do changes that increase the minimum required nightly
+version in any patch release.
+
+When AFIT becomes stable, MSRV will be bumped to the Rust version that stabilizes it, after which
+point the [standard MSRV bump policy](../docs/msrv.md) will apply.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/embedded-hal-bus/Cargo.toml b/embedded-hal-bus/Cargo.toml
index 6edcdc75c..bfd2a754d 100644
--- a/embedded-hal-bus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embedded-hal-bus/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "embedded-hal-bus"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.3"
+version = "0.1.0-rc.1"
 
 [features]
 std = []
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ async = ["dep:embedded-hal-async"]
 defmt-03 = ["dep:defmt-03", "embedded-hal/defmt-03", "embedded-hal-async?/defmt-03"]
 
 [dependencies]
-embedded-hal = { version = "=1.0.0-alpha.11", path = "../embedded-hal" }
-embedded-hal-async = { version = "=0.2.0-alpha.2", path = "../embedded-hal-async", optional = true }
+embedded-hal = { version = "=1.0.0-rc.1", path = "../embedded-hal" }
+embedded-hal-async = { version = "=1.0.0-rc.1", path = "../embedded-hal-async", optional = true }
 critical-section = { version = "1.0" }
 defmt-03 = { package = "defmt", version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/embedded-hal-nb/Cargo.toml b/embedded-hal-nb/Cargo.toml
index 0bf3d7346..66e941923 100644
--- a/embedded-hal-nb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embedded-hal-nb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "embedded-hal-nb"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 categories = ["embedded", "hardware-support", "no-std"]
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal"
 
 [dependencies]
-embedded-hal = { version = "=1.0.0-alpha.11", path = "../embedded-hal" }
+embedded-hal = { version = "=1.0.0-rc.1", path = "../embedded-hal" }
 nb = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/embedded-hal/Cargo.toml b/embedded-hal/Cargo.toml
index ad9a0fdc3..396cf972b 100644
--- a/embedded-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embedded-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "embedded-hal"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-embedded/embedded-hal"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.11"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.1"
 
 [dependencies]
-defmt-03 = { package = "defmt", version = "0.3", optional = true }
\ No newline at end of file
+defmt-03 = { package = "defmt", version = "0.3", optional = true }