diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1abde7c..8ab65ca 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     "actions/update-artifacts-file": "1.2.0",
     "actions/init-npm": "1.2.0",
     "actions/validate-domain": "1.0.0",
-    "actions/update-chart-version": "0.1.0"
+    "actions/update-chart-version": "0.1.0",
+    "actions/auto-merge": "1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/actions/auto-merge/CHANGELOG.md b/actions/auto-merge/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d1d48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/auto-merge/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0 (2026-01-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **auto-merge:** create auto merge action MAPCO-9003 ([#104](https://github.com/MapColonies/shared-workflows/issues/104)) ([5748433](https://github.com/MapColonies/shared-workflows/commit/57484333909b7bb618a58fcad53ce609d17c6158))
diff --git a/actions/auto-merge/README.md b/actions/auto-merge/README.md
index 8307669..180de5b 100644
--- a/actions/auto-merge/README.md
+++ b/actions/auto-merge/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ permissions:
 
 steps:
   - name: Auto-merge PR by label
-    uses: MapColonies/shared-workflows/actions/auto-merge@auto-merge-v0.1.0
+    uses: MapColonies/shared-workflows/actions/auto-merge@auto-merge-v1.0.0
     with:
       pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
       github_token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}