diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0dda1435..78b53391 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.0] 2024-09-16
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Fixes a correctness regression
diff --git a/lexical-util/Cargo.toml b/lexical-util/Cargo.toml
index 0c74fe20..ca9e79d8 100644
--- a/lexical-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lexical-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 name = "lexical-util"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/Alexhuszagh/rust-lexical"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 exclude = [
     "assets/*",
     "docs/*",
diff --git a/lexical-util/src/iterator.rs b/lexical-util/src/iterator.rs
index c70e9116..f944cce1 100644
--- a/lexical-util/src/iterator.rs
+++ b/lexical-util/src/iterator.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,23 @@ pub use crate::skip::{AsBytes, Bytes};
 /// methods for reading data and accessing underlying data. The readers
 /// can either be contiguous or non-contiguous, although performance and
 /// some API methods may not be available for both.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Safe if [set_cursor] is set to an index <= [buffer_length], so no out-of-bounds
+/// reads can occur. Also, [get_buffer] must return a slice of initialized bytes.
+/// The caller must also ensure that any calls that increment the cursor, such
+/// as [step_by_unchecked], [step_unchecked], and [peek_many_unchecked] never
+/// exceed [buffer_length] as well.
+///
+/// [set_cursor] Iter::set_cursor
+/// [buffer_length] Iter::buffer_length
+/// [get_buffer]: Iter::get_buffer
+/// [step_by_unchecked]: Iter::step_by_unchecked
+/// [step_unchecked]: Iter::step_unchecked
+/// [peek_many_unchecked]: Iter::peek_many_unchecked
 #[cfg(feature = "parse")]
-pub trait Iter<'a> {
+pub unsafe trait Iter<'a> {
     /// Determine if the buffer is contiguous in memory.
     const IS_CONTIGUOUS: bool;
 
@@ -233,7 +248,6 @@ pub trait Iter<'a> {
 /// This trait **should never** return `null` from `as_ptr`, or be
 /// implemented for non-contiguous data.
 pub trait DigitsIter<'a>: Iterator<Item = &'a u8> + Iter<'a> {
-    // TODO: Fix the documentation
     /// Get if the iterator cannot return any more elements.
     ///
     /// This may advance the internal iterator state, but not
diff --git a/lexical-util/src/noskip.rs b/lexical-util/src/noskip.rs
index 2af26191..e71d5e0b 100644
--- a/lexical-util/src/noskip.rs
+++ b/lexical-util/src/noskip.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ impl<'a, const __: u128> Bytes<'a, __> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, const __: u128> Iter<'a> for Bytes<'a, __> {
+unsafe impl<'a, const __: u128> Iter<'a> for Bytes<'a, __> {
     const IS_CONTIGUOUS: bool = true;
 
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl<'a, const __: u128> Iter<'a> for Bytes<'a, __> {
     #[inline(always)]
     #[allow(clippy::assertions_on_constants)]
     unsafe fn step_by_unchecked(&mut self, count: usize) {
-        debug_assert!(Self::IS_CONTIGUOUS);
+        assert!(Self::IS_CONTIGUOUS);
         debug_assert!(self.as_slice().len() >= count);
         self.index += count;
     }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const __: u128> DigitsIterator<'a, 'b, __> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const __: u128> Iter<'a> for DigitsIterator<'a, 'b, __> {
+unsafe impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const __: u128> Iter<'a> for DigitsIterator<'a, 'b, __> {
     const IS_CONTIGUOUS: bool = Bytes::<'a, __>::IS_CONTIGUOUS;
 
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/lexical-util/src/skip.rs b/lexical-util/src/skip.rs
index 3aa62776..8337e26c 100644
--- a/lexical-util/src/skip.rs
+++ b/lexical-util/src/skip.rs
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ impl<'a, const FORMAT: u128> Bytes<'a, FORMAT> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, const FORMAT: u128> Iter<'a> for Bytes<'a, FORMAT> {
+unsafe impl<'a, const FORMAT: u128> Iter<'a> for Bytes<'a, FORMAT> {
     /// If each yielded value is adjacent in memory.
     const IS_CONTIGUOUS: bool = NumberFormat::<{ FORMAT }>::DIGIT_SEPARATOR == 0;
 
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ macro_rules! skip_iterator_digits_iter_base {
 /// Create impl ByteIter block for skip iterator.
 macro_rules! skip_iterator_bytesiter_impl {
     ($iterator:ident, $mask:ident, $i:ident, $l:ident, $t:ident, $c:ident) => {
-        impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const FORMAT: u128> Iter<'a> for $iterator<'a, 'b, FORMAT> {
+        unsafe impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const FORMAT: u128> Iter<'a> for $iterator<'a, 'b, FORMAT> {
             skip_iterator_iter_base!(FORMAT, $mask);
         }
 
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const FORMAT: u128> SpecialDigitsIterator<'a, 'b, FORMAT> {
     is_digit_separator!(FORMAT);
 }
 
-impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const FORMAT: u128> Iter<'a> for SpecialDigitsIterator<'a, 'b, FORMAT> {
+unsafe impl<'a: 'b, 'b, const FORMAT: u128> Iter<'a> for SpecialDigitsIterator<'a, 'b, FORMAT> {
     skip_iterator_iter_base!(FORMAT, SPECIAL_DIGIT_SEPARATOR);
 }