diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfc05f2..4e7dd88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,30 @@ Install via [composer](https://getcomposer.org):
 composer require neos/eventstore-doctrineadapter
 ```
 
+### Create an instance
+
+To create a `DoctrineEventStore`, an instance of `\Doctrine\DBAL\Connection` is required.
+This can be obtained from a given DSN for example:
+
+```php
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
+
+$connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['url' => $dsn]);
+```
+
+See [Doctrine documentation](https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/latest/reference/configuration.html#getting-a-connection) for more details.
+
+With that, an Event Store instance can be created:
+
+```php
+use Neos\EventStore\DoctrineAdapter\DoctrineEventStore;
+
+$eventTableName = 'some_namespace_events';
+$eventStore = new DoctrineEventStore($connection, $eventTableName);
+```
+
+See [README](https://github.com/neos/eventstore/blob/main/README.md#usage) of the `neos/eventstore` package for details on how to write and read events.
+
 ## Contribution
 
 Contributions in the form of [issues](https://github.com/neos/eventstore-doctrineadapter/issues), [pull requests](https://github.com/neos/eventstore-doctrineadapter/pulls) or [discussions](https://github.com/neos/eventstore-doctrineadapter/discussions) are highly appreciated
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9c136f6..c1386be 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "neos/eventstore": "@dev",
+        "neos/eventstore": "^1",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.10",
         "psr/clock": "^1"