diff --git a/packages/nextjs/.npmignore b/packages/nextjs/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..940ad13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nextjs/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+project.json
+tsup.config.ts
+jest.config.ts
+tsconfig*.json
+!dist/
+src/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/nextjs/CHANGELOG.md
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+++ b/packages/nextjs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+## 1.0.0-next.0 (2025-01-03)
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- add page and app router examples ([#307](https://github.com/ory/elements/pull/307))
+- ⚠️  add getServerSession and SessionProvider ([#309](https://github.com/ory/elements/pull/309))
+- add @ory/nextjs package ([#303](https://github.com/ory/elements/pull/303))
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- use correct host value in middleware ([#316](https://github.com/ory/elements/pull/316))
+
+### ⚠️  Breaking Changes
+
+- ⚠️  add getServerSession and SessionProvider ([#309](https://github.com/ory/elements/pull/309))
+
+### ❤️  Thank You
+
+- hackerman @aeneasr
+- Jonas Hungershausen
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/package.json b/packages/nextjs/package.json
index b6f7285e..b49c0bce 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/package.json
+++ b/packages/nextjs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ory/nextjs",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0-next.0",
   "license": "Apache License 2.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",