diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.36.0-rc0 / 2022-05-25
+## 2.36.0 / 2022-05-30
 
 This Prometheus release uses go 1.18 and needs at least go1.17 going forward.
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.36.0-rc0
+2.36.0