diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index bbe806ac..71815ee6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: xml2
 Title: Parse XML
-Version: 1.3.5.9000
+Version: 1.3.6
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 679f8b4b..9a3a4fb4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# xml2 (development version)
+# xml2 1.3.6
 
 * Now compatible with libxml2 2.12.0 and later (@KNnut).