diff --git a/.changelog/12496.txt b/.changelog/12496.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad268bc67f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12496.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+raft: upgrade to v1.3.6 which fixes a bug where a read replica node could attempt bootstrapping raft and prevent other nodes from bootstrapping at all
+```
diff --git a/agent/consul/server.go b/agent/consul/server.go
index 7bc5f143f888..63c8ccb6933a 100644
--- a/agent/consul/server.go
+++ b/agent/consul/server.go
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ func (s *Server) setupRaft() error {
 
 	// If we are in bootstrap or dev mode and the state is clean then we can
 	// bootstrap now.
-	if s.config.Bootstrap || s.config.DevMode {
+	if (s.config.Bootstrap || s.config.DevMode) && !s.config.ReadReplica {
 		hasState, err := raft.HasExistingState(log, stable, snap)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/agent/consul/server_serf.go b/agent/consul/server_serf.go
index ff1b1e40642f..56af75fef2a4 100644
--- a/agent/consul/server_serf.go
+++ b/agent/consul/server_serf.go
@@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ func (s *Server) maybeBootstrap() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if s.config.ReadReplica {
+		s.logger.Info("Read replicas cannot bootstrap raft")
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Scan for all the known servers.
 	members := s.serfLAN.Members()
 	var servers []metadata.Server
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 49c0fd77fa1b..a04e9625d07e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/hil v0.0.0-20200423225030-a18a1cd20038
 	github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.3.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/net-rpc-msgpackrpc v0.0.0-20151116020338-a14192a58a69
-	github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.5
+	github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.6
 	github.com/hashicorp/raft-autopilot v0.1.5
 	github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb v0.0.0-20211202195631-7d34b9fb3f42 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb/v2 v2.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22514ead7503..4a8250134c55 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/net-rpc-msgpackrpc v0.0.0-20151116020338-a14192a58a69/go.mo
 github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.1.0/go.mod h1:4Ak7FSPnuvmb0GV6vgIAJ4vYT4bek9bb6Q+7HVbyzqM=
 github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.1.1/go.mod h1:vPAJM8Asw6u8LxC3eJCUZmRP/E4QmUGE1R7g7k8sG/8=
 github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.2.0/go.mod h1:vPAJM8Asw6u8LxC3eJCUZmRP/E4QmUGE1R7g7k8sG/8=
-github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.5 h1:93YBXmHWW2MuyMZfMxN1PsAnPXAt+hBfG0S0ZrZxRrY=
-github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.5/go.mod h1:4Ak7FSPnuvmb0GV6vgIAJ4vYT4bek9bb6Q+7HVbyzqM=
+github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.6 h1:v5xW5KzByoerQlN/o31VJrFNiozgzGyDoMgDJgXpsto=
+github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.6/go.mod h1:4Ak7FSPnuvmb0GV6vgIAJ4vYT4bek9bb6Q+7HVbyzqM=
 github.com/hashicorp/raft-autopilot v0.1.5 h1:onEfMH5uHVdXQqtas36zXUHEZxLdsJVu/nXHLcLdL1I=
 github.com/hashicorp/raft-autopilot v0.1.5/go.mod h1:Af4jZBwaNOI+tXfIqIdbcAnh/UyyqIMj/pOISIfhArw=
 github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb v0.0.0-20171010151810-6e5ba93211ea/go.mod h1:pNv7Wc3ycL6F5oOWn+tPGo2gWD4a5X+yp/ntwdKLjRk=