diff --git a/rtic-arbiter/Cargo.toml b/rtic-arbiter/Cargo.toml
index b1afaf4516..52daa27dc7 100644
--- a/rtic-arbiter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic-arbiter/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 [package]
 name = "rtic-arbiter"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.0"
 edition = "2021"
+categories = ["concurrency", "embedded", "no-std", "asynchronous"]
+description = "rtic-arbiter lib TODO"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 critical-section = "1"
-rtic-common = { version = "1.0.0", path = "../rtic-common" }
+rtic-common = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.0", path = "../rtic-common" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "macros", "time"] }
diff --git a/rtic-channel/Cargo.toml b/rtic-channel/Cargo.toml
index a0955bc405..a6f98e436c 100644
--- a/rtic-channel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic-channel/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 [package]
 name = "rtic-channel"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.0"
 edition = "2021"
+categories = ["concurrency", "embedded", "no-std", "asynchronous"]
+description = "rtic-channel lib TODO"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 heapless = "0.7"
 critical-section = "1"
-rtic-common = { version = "1.0.0", path = "../rtic-common" }
+rtic-common = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.0", path = "../rtic-common" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "macros", "time"] }
diff --git a/rtic-common/Cargo.toml b/rtic-common/Cargo.toml
index 258caae06f..35b0f722a3 100644
--- a/rtic-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "rtic-common"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.0"
 edition = "2021"
+categories = ["concurrency", "embedded", "no-std", "asynchronous"]
+description = "rtic-common lib TODO"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/rtic-monotonics/Cargo.toml b/rtic-monotonics/Cargo.toml
index 9d364c80be..bb8ff6d2fc 100644
--- a/rtic-monotonics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic-monotonics/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "rtic-monotonics"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.0"
 edition = "2021"
+categories = ["concurrency", "embedded", "no-std", "asynchronous"]
+description = "rtic-monotonics lib TODO"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
@@ -9,5 +12,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 cortex-m = { version = "0.7.6" }
 embedded-hal-async = "0.2.0-alpha.0"
 fugit = { version = "0.3.6", features = ["defmt"] }
-rtic-time = { version = "1.0.0", path = "../rtic-time" }
+rtic-time = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.0", path = "../rtic-time" }
 atomic-polyfill = "1"
diff --git a/rtic-time/Cargo.toml b/rtic-time/Cargo.toml
index dbcf45444a..0ba7b11790 100644
--- a/rtic-time/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rtic-time/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 [package]
 name = "rtic-time"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.0"
 edition = "2021"
+categories = ["concurrency", "embedded", "no-std", "asynchronous"]
+description = "rtic-time lib TODO"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 critical-section = "1"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.25", default-features = false }
-rtic-common = { version = "1.0.0", path = "../rtic-common" }
+rtic-common = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.0", path = "../rtic-common" }