diff --git a/briar-gtk/data/app.briar.gtk.appdata.xml.in b/briar-gtk/data/app.briar.gtk.appdata.xml.in
index 93dbb340273250a45bef48f3d0be01f3c06d16ff..3c7b4862d421171b7077fb00d46ed62e04ab3472 100644
--- a/briar-gtk/data/app.briar.gtk.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/briar-gtk/data/app.briar.gtk.appdata.xml.in
@@ -33,4 +33,15 @@
   <developer_name>Briar Community</developer_name>
 
   <translation type="gettext">briar-gtk</translation>
+
+  <releases>
+    <release version="0.1.0-alpha1" date="2020-04-12">
+      <description>
+        <p>
+          The very first alpha release of Briar GTK.
+        </p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+  </releases>
+
 </component>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e3e8b163622cb53c28014bd9f8309b0bf9b4efeb..fbf88a266b88499e769b019a4c092c8be9fe726f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 project(
   'briar-gtk',
-  version: '0.0.1',
+  version: '0.1.0-alpha1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.50.0',
 )