diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 8da6385cc8..6ffeee9fd9 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-## Master
+## 4.3.6 / 2020-09-05
 
 * Bugfixes
   * Explicitly include ctype.h to fix compilation warning and build error on macOS with Xcode 12 (#2304)
+  * Don't require json at boot (#2269)
 
 ## 4.3.4/4.3.5 and 3.12.5/3.12.6 / 2020-05-22
 
diff --git a/lib/puma/const.rb b/lib/puma/const.rb
index 866ffd5c5c..2110a7a7d1 100644
--- a/lib/puma/const.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/const.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class UnsupportedOption < RuntimeError
   # too taxing on performance.
   module Const
 
-    PUMA_VERSION = VERSION = "4.3.5".freeze
+    PUMA_VERSION = VERSION = "4.3.6".freeze
     CODE_NAME = "Mysterious Traveller".freeze
     PUMA_SERVER_STRING = ['puma', PUMA_VERSION, CODE_NAME].join(' ').freeze