diff --git a/src/load/HISTORY.rst b/src/load/HISTORY.rst
index 18c26980fa2..a60ff93643e 100644
--- a/src/load/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/load/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 Release History
 ===============
-0.3.4
+
+1.0.0
 ++++++
 * Adding support for "az load test" in AzureUSGovernment cloud.
+* Fix '(InvalidRequestBody) Secret "xxxxx" value can't be null' error that occurs when using 'az load test create/update' with a config file that contains secrets.
 
 0.3.3
 ++++++
@@ -33,4 +35,4 @@ Release History
 
 0.1.0
 ++++++
-* Initial release.
\ No newline at end of file
+* Initial release.
diff --git a/src/load/azext_load/data_plane/utils/utils.py b/src/load/azext_load/data_plane/utils/utils.py
index 89a95df9e3d..d7d554f0272 100644
--- a/src/load/azext_load/data_plane/utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/load/azext_load/data_plane/utils/utils.py
@@ -230,10 +230,8 @@ def parse_secrets(secrets):
         if not validators._validate_akv_url(value, "secrets"):
             raise InvalidArgumentValueError(f"Invalid AKV Certificate URL: {value}")
         secrets_dict[name] = {
-            name: {
-                "type": "AKV_SECRET_URI",
-                "value": value,
-            }
+            "type": "AKV_SECRET_URI",
+            "value": value,
         }
     logger.debug("Parsed secrets: %s", secrets_dict)
     logger.debug("Secrets parsed successfully")
@@ -448,6 +446,9 @@ def create_or_update_test_with_config(
 
     new_body["passFailCriteria"] = {}
     for key in body.get("passFailCriteria", {}):
+        if "passFailCriteria" not in new_body:
+            new_body["passFailCriteria"] = {}
+        new_body.get("passFailCriteria", {})[key] = None
         new_body["passFailCriteria"][key] = None
     if yaml_test_body.get("passFailCriteria") is not None:
         new_body["passFailCriteria"] = yaml_test_body.get("passFailCriteria", {})
diff --git a/src/load/setup.py b/src/load/setup.py
index c23873799e9..fd8460c2b72 100644
--- a/src/load/setup.py
+++ b/src/load/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 # HISTORY.rst entry.
-VERSION = '0.3.4'
+VERSION = '1.0.0'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers