diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 0e12ed06d..34c510176 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 
-
-
-## [1.12.35] - 2024-09-xx
+## [1.12.36] - 2024-10-xx
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -16,6 +14,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - :openai module support for assistant run api (...)
 - :openai module support for assistant run steps api (...)
 
+
+## [1.12.35] - 2024-10-10
+
+### Changed
+
+- the Tomcat download URL in the :tomcat-util module to use HTTPS instead of
+  HTTP. The new official archive URL is: `https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat`
+
 ### Improved
 
 - the module :qrref that manages QR references according to the Swiss payment 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/tomcat-util.venice b/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/tomcat-util.venice
index 09e7c7380..9f3699e23 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/tomcat-util.venice
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/tomcat-util.venice
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 (load-module :ansi)
 
 
-(def-dynamic tc-archive "http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat")
+(def-dynamic tc-archive "https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat")
 (def-dynamic tc-pid-file "catalina.pid")