diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b045e4e1..9302faa4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 ### Fixed
 
+## [1.0.0] - 2024-05-27
+
+The 1.0.0 release of skorch is here. We think that skorch is at a very stable point, which is why a 1.0.0 release is appropriate. There are no plans to add any breaking changes or major revisions in the future. Instead, our focus now is to keep skorch up-to-date with the latest versions of PyTorch and scikit-learn, and to fix any bugs that may arise.
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2023-09-04
 
 ### Added
@@ -344,3 +348,4 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [0.13.0]: https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/compare/v0.12.1...v0.13.0
 [0.14.0]: https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/compare/v0.13.0...v0.14.0
 [0.15.0]: https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/compare/v0.14.0...v0.15.0
+[1.0.0]: https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/compare/v0.15.0...v1.0.0
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f904ff5e..3eefcb9d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.1dev
+1.0.0
diff --git a/skorch/tests/test_history.py b/skorch/tests/test_history.py
index 83cff246..f9f1d6d0 100644
--- a/skorch/tests/test_history.py
+++ b/skorch/tests/test_history.py
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ def history_cls(self, request):
             return History
 
         if request.param == 'distributed':
-            # TODO: remove this once PyTorch 1.11 is no longer supported
-            version_torch = Version(torch.__version__)
-            if version_torch < Version('1.12.0'):
-                # Tests with DistributedHistory are flaky with PyTorch 1.11 and when
-                # using pytest on CI. Running directly, i.e. without pytest, does
-                # not appear to cause issues.
-                pytest.skip(msg="Skipping multiprocessing for PyTorch < 1.12")
-
             store = TCPStore("127.0.0.1", port=1234, world_size=1, is_master=True)
             return partial(
                 DistributedHistory, store=store, rank=0, world_size=1
@@ -439,14 +431,6 @@ def test_distributed_history(self, nprocs):
         from skorch.toy import make_classifier
         from skorch._version import Version
 
-        # TODO: remove this once PyTorch 1.11 is no longer supported
-        version_torch = Version(torch.__version__)
-        if version_torch < Version('1.12.0'):
-            # Tests with DistributedHistory are flaky with PyTorch 1.11 and when
-            # using pytest on CI. Running directly, i.e. without pytest, does
-            # not appear to cause issues.
-            pytest.skip(msg="Skipping multiprocessing for PyTorch < 1.12")
-
         X, y = make_classification(
             500, 20, n_informative=10, random_state=0, flip_y=0.1
         )