diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 # Changelog
 
-## Pending
+## 1.0.3 (November 2023)
 
 - Drop support for Django < 2.2.
 - Confirm support for Django 5.0. Thanks @adamchainz!
 - Remove urlman from required packages. Thanks @DmytroLitvinov!
+- Add an optional Django check to avoid errors by not inheriting from `LifecycleModelMixin` (or `LifecycleModel`) 
 
 ## 1.0.2 (September 2023)
 
diff --git a/django_lifecycle/__init__.py b/django_lifecycle/__init__.py
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.3"
 __author__ = "Robert Singer"
 __author_email__ = "robertgsinger@gmail.com"