diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f6d1f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+tag-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+
+categories:
+    - title: "Features"
+      labels:
+          - "feature"
+          - "enhancement"
+    - title: "Fixes"
+      labels:
+          - "fix"
+          - "bugfix"
+          - "bug"
+    - title: "Photon Version Updates"
+      labels:
+          - "update"
+          - "automated-pr"
+    - title: "Maintenance"
+      labels:
+          - "chore"
+          - "maintenance"
+          - "dependencies"
+
+change-template: "- $TITLE @$AUTHOR (#$NUMBER)"
+change-title-escapes: '\<*_&'
+
+version-resolver:
+    major:
+        labels:
+            - "major"
+            - "breaking-change"
+    minor:
+        labels:
+            - "minor"
+            - "feature"
+            - "enhancement"
+    patch:
+        labels:
+            - "patch"
+            - "fix"
+            - "bugfix"
+            - "bug"
+            - "update"
+            - "automated-pr"
+            - "maintenance"
+            - "chore"
+            - "dependencies"
+    default: patch
+
+template: |
+    ## What's Changed
+
+    $CHANGES
+
+    **Full Changelog**: $PREVIOUS_TAG...v$RESOLVED_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b703222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+    push:
+        branches:
+            - main
+    workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+    contents: write
+    pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+    update-release-draft:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout Repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+            - name: Run Release Drafter
+              id: release-drafter
+              uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+              env:
+                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+            - name: Add upstream Photon release notes link
+              if: steps.release-drafter.outputs.id != ''
+              env:
+                  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+                  DRAFT_BODY: ${{ steps.release-drafter.outputs.body }}
+              run: |
+                  PHOTON_VERSION=$(tr -d '[:space:]' < .last_release)
+                  {
+                    printf '%s' "$DRAFT_BODY"
+                    printf '\n\n---\n **Upstream Photon release notes (%s):** https://github.com/komoot/photon/releases/tag/%s\n' \
+                      "$PHOTON_VERSION" "$PHOTON_VERSION"
+                  } > /tmp/new_body.txt
+                  gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/${{ steps.release-drafter.outputs.id }}" \
+                    --method PATCH \
+                    --field body=@/tmp/new_body.txt
diff --git a/.last_release b/.last_release
index 3eefcb9d..7dea76ed 100644
--- a/.last_release
+++ b/.last_release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.0
+1.0.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1a3cb21b..86576668 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dateutil>=2.9.0.post0",
     "requests==2.32.5",
     "schedule>=1.2.2",
-    "tqdm==4.67.1",
+    "tqdm==4.67.3",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 884fbf5d..ff6300f3 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "python-dateutil", specifier = ">=2.9.0.post0" },
     { name = "requests", specifier = "==2.32.5" },
     { name = "schedule", specifier = ">=1.2.2" },
-    { name = "tqdm", specifier = "==4.67.1" },
+    { name = "tqdm", specifier = "==4.67.3" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
@@ -469,14 +469,14 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tqdm"
-version = "4.67.1"
+version = "4.67.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
 ]
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+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/09/a9/6ba95a270c6f1fbcd8dac228323f2777d886cb206987444e4bce66338dd4/tqdm-4.67.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7d825f03f89244ef73f1d4ce193cb1774a8179fd96f31d7e1dcde62092b960bb", size = 169598, upload-time = "2026-02-03T17:35:53.048Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d0/30/dc54f88dd4a2b5dc8a0279bdd7270e735851848b762aeb1c1184ed1f6b14/tqdm-4.67.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:26445eca388f82e72884e0d580d5464cd801a3ea01e63e5601bdff9ba6a48de2", size = 78540, upload-time = "2024-11-24T20:12:19.698Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/16/e1/3079a9ff9b8e11b846c6ac5c8b5bfb7ff225eee721825310c91b3b50304f/tqdm-4.67.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ee1e4c0e59148062281c49d80b25b67771a127c85fc9676d3be5f243206826bf", size = 78374, upload-time = "2026-02-03T17:35:50.982Z" },
 ]
 
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