diff --git a/HISTORY.asc b/HISTORY.asc
index f483708..a504557 100644
--- a/HISTORY.asc
+++ b/HISTORY.asc
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-1.0.0
------
+STABLE
+------
+== Rename default_version from 1.0.0 to stable
+The previous `1.0.0` label was aspirational -- it was never tagged or
+published to PGXN, despite `default_version` and this file naming it as a
+real released version. Renamed to the `stable` pseudo-version (see
+RELEASE.md) to stop implying a release that never happened.
+
 == Remove redundant client_min_messages handling from install script
 `CREATE EXTENSION` already raises `client_min_messages` to `WARNING` for
 the install script (only-raising, so a stricter caller is respected) and
diff --git a/META.in.json b/META.in.json
index d7c8cdb..c52ddbf 100644
--- a/META.in.json
+++ b/META.in.json
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
     "name": "extension_drop",
 
     "X_comment": "REQUIRED. Version of the distribution. http://pgxn.org/spec/#version",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "X_comment": "This must match the last REAL released version -- 0.1.1 (2017) -- not an",
+    "X_comment": "aspirational in-progress one. It only advances at actual release time (see",
+    "X_comment": "RELEASE.md step 2); meanwhile extension_drop.control's default_version and",
+    "X_comment": "sql/extension_drop--stable.sql track ongoing, not-yet-released work.",
+    "version": "0.1.1",
 
     "X_comment": "REQUIRED. Short description of distribution.",
     "abstract": "Run custom commands when an extension is dropped.",
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@
             "file": "sql/extension_drop.sql",
 
             "X_comment": "REQUIRED. Version the extension is at.",
-            "version": "1.0.0",
+            "version": "0.1.1",
 
             "X_comment": "Optional: \"abstract\": Description of the extension.",
             "abstract": "Run custom commands when an extension is dropped.",
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 70608a2..8041d55 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
     "name": "extension_drop",
 
     "X_comment": "REQUIRED. Version of the distribution. http://pgxn.org/spec/#version",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "X_comment": "This must match the last REAL released version -- 0.1.1 (2017) -- not an",
+    "X_comment": "aspirational in-progress one. It only advances at actual release time (see",
+    "X_comment": "RELEASE.md step 2); meanwhile extension_drop.control's default_version and",
+    "X_comment": "sql/extension_drop--stable.sql track ongoing, not-yet-released work.",
+    "version": "0.1.1",
 
     "X_comment": "REQUIRED. Short description of distribution.",
     "abstract": "Run custom commands when an extension is dropped.",
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@
             "file": "sql/extension_drop.sql",
 
             "X_comment": "REQUIRED. Version the extension is at.",
-            "version": "1.0.0",
+            "version": "0.1.1",
 
             "X_comment": "Optional: \"abstract\": Description of the extension.",
             "abstract": "Run custom commands when an extension is dropped.",
diff --git a/extension_drop.control b/extension_drop.control
index 64aba38..f129e48 100644
--- a/extension_drop.control
+++ b/extension_drop.control
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 comment = 'Allows specifying commands to run when dropping an extension.'
-default_version = '1.0.0'
+default_version = 'stable'
 relocatable = false
 requires = 'cat_tools'
diff --git a/sql/extension_drop--1.0.0.sql b/sql/extension_drop--stable.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from sql/extension_drop--1.0.0.sql
rename to sql/extension_drop--stable.sql