diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ddb397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 1.0.0
+commit = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:ibm_watson/version.py]
+search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
+replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
+search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
+replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/assistant_improve_toolkit/version.py b/src/assistant_improve_toolkit/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75977e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assistant_improve_toolkit/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '1.0.0'
\ No newline at end of file