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+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2023-03-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* initial implementation of the sci-rest-client ([#1](https://github.com/SchwarzIT/sci-rest-client/issues/1)) ([6491b5a](https://github.com/SchwarzIT/sci-rest-client/commit/6491b5af47e760af8a90a779d2daee62a3cea2d1))
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 {
     "name": "@sit/sci-rest-client",
-    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
     "description": "NodeJS based client for the SAP Cloud Integration REST API",
     "contributors": [
         {