diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b985ff6e79e..063a4aee4b3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.1"
+  ".": "0.0.1-alpha.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..529f76d7901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 0.0.1-alpha.1 (2024-02-16)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.0.1...v0.0.1-alpha.1](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/compare/v0.0.1...v0.0.1-alpha.1)
+
+### Features
+
+* Add initial Stainless SDK ([2d51afd](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/2d51afdcabc76566fefef0ec43ae4a87283ae44b))
+* create default branch ([b10b3f2](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/b10b3f29c88ab735e83c3043cae34f29be357449))
+* OpenAPI spec update via Stainless API ([#5](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/issues/5)) ([ac2684f](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/ac2684f7ab848c61cad11a4d76bf538f1d9eb8fd))
+* OpenAPI spec update via Stainless API ([#6](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/issues/6)) ([a3c2995](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/a3c2995a7f0ebe283a4a6e6ef3ad1ba17b681d7d))
+* OpenAPI spec update via Stainless API ([#7](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/issues/7)) ([1bb4a97](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/1bb4a9718dbf4270ad06e51b43d8f7a83c931c1d))
+* update via SDK Studio ([#1](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/issues/1)) ([24b7540](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/24b75407eecb7edb8411d79abada04e0b91bbf60))
+* update via SDK Studio ([#3](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/issues/3)) ([63bfebd](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/63bfebde178dcc6e1296f961a9e2ec1dfc98365a))
+* update via SDK Studio ([#4](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/issues/4)) ([b37ee88](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript/commit/b37ee88c4aa6d8b72a21b8e8b55fd5569ca88251))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e826925f04d..8e6e5cbe77d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudflare",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.1",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Cloudflare API",
   "author": "Cloudflare <api@cloudflare.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index d74dce895f2..2c77b51f483 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.0.1'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.0.1-alpha.1'; // x-release-please-version