diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 784c7ae4..f33a0ad4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 1.0.2: July 3, 2013
+
+ - ignore byte-order mark (BOM), treating it as whitespace
+ - very minor docs/build improvements
+
 # 1.0.1: May 19, 2013
 
  - when an array is requested and an object found, try to convert
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae317bf5..600be36f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Maven Central.
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
         <artifactId>config</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.1</version>
+        <version>1.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
 Obsolete releases are here, but you probably don't want these: